Kilimanjaro and Climate Change: Forget Hemingway, Think Health
(Sunrise from near Mt. Kilimanjaro’s highest point. Photo Credit: David Budiac, climbing partner) Uhuru Peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. September 29th, 2013, 6:15 AM. Altitude: 5,895 meters above mean sea level—Africa’s highest point. Air pressure: 497 hectopascals—a little over half that of the savannas far below. Humidity: 10%—drier than a typical desert. Temperature: -5.5 […]
Peace UP, AIDS Down
“Yeah!”, I’m sure many of us have heard the classic American rap song with a similar opening line (“Peace UP, A-Town Down,” for those of you who missed Usher’s genius), but at The Grassroot Project we have coined our own remix; bringing knowledge and awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a unique and engaging way. DC’s […]
Family
I spent a Saturday with my dad in Washington, D.C. as he ran errands and hung out with his friends. I was the 8-year-old munchkin tagging along with Pops. There I was with him and some guys from the neighborhood standing around a green Ford pick-up truck tailgate. We were in the non-touristy, pre-gentrified section […]
Welcoming Homeless Youth to Your Health Care Practice: 8 Tips for Providers
Health Care for All includes health care for homeless youth- who all too often can feel stigmatized, alienated, or fearful of health systems due to past experiences. As a health care provider, you have the opportunity to change that. The following are 8 tips for providers who work with homeless youth. These tips were compiled using […]
Distance and closeness
The phone vibrated twice on my wooden bed-side stand before I woke up. Just like the many other times when I got woken up by a phone call or a knock at the door, I felt disoriented- I knew where I was but little else. “Taiki, dude, have you seen the news today?” Dennis asked. […]
Considering applying? Join GHC Fellows for a Q&A session, and get the inside scoop!
Considering applying to be a Global Health Corps fellow, but still have questions? Come hang out with GHC fellows on Friday December 6, 2013 6:30pm EST! Get the inside scoop directly from fellows on the fellowship experience, application tips and more. We’ll be live online, December 6 at 6:30 at: www.youtube.com/ghcorps, or the GHC Fellows G+ page. For […]
Strength in numbers . . . and diversity
Here I am, sitting in a room with some really amazing people. They are all very different from each other. To my left is a man in his sixties with a distinct San Francisco accent, who is asking a whole lot of questions. Every time he does so, he clips his glasses over his nose, […]
The view
I sit at a desk in the Butaro Hospital pharmacy every day, facing a tall window that looks into the courtyard where patients gather and wait for their clinic visits. We sit facing one another, but it seems they usually don’t see me. The fountain ledge where they rest is about 30 feet away and […]
Saying Hello in Burundi
On my first day at ANSS in Bujumbura, I walked around with my co-fellow Pamela and one of our supervisors and met almost one hundred people that were to be my co-workers. Naturally, because there were tons of new names and faces and the introductions were entirely in French, I was unable to remember many […]
Encouraging change through collaboration
11 years of public health experience 8 languages 3 countries 2 U.S. states 1 goal of working towards health equity And this all fits in the less than 1000 square feet in New York City that we now call home! Even though my trip to the Big Apple was the shortest, I find myself living […]