A Belated World AIDS Day Message

Global Health Corps 2011 Scavenger Hunt – A push for social justice. Hey folks, Sunday marked the 25th Anniversary of World AIDS Day. A day on which people worldwide unite in the fight against HIV, remember friends and loved ones lost, and laud humanity’s efforts to combat the scourge. In many ways, it is a […]

“Being challenged is inevitable, being defeated is optional” – Roger Crawford

Having heard about the Global Health Corps fellowship only forty eight hours before the deadline to submit an application, I had little hope of making the deadline with all my ongoing commitments. Nonetheless I put in all my effort and I was pleasantly surprised and privileged to have received an offer. I was overjoyed, as […]

Passion for Health Equity: A Necessity for Maximizing Impact in Health

I probably grew up with the word “health” crossing my ears almost every day. It is one word that became too common to bother checking my dictionary for the meaning. Being a person from a non-medical professional background, I understood health provision services to be the responsibility of medical professionals. As such, I felt so […]