CommCare Comes to Mwandama
In March, my co-fellow Rodrick and I helped facilitate a training of over 30 community health workers (CHWs) on CommCare, a new mobile data collection tool being rolled out across all MVP sites. CommCare provides a simple, easy-to-use case management tool for CHWs, helping them manage the enrollment, support, referral, and tracking of all clients […]
The First 180 Days
One of the assigned readings for our Quarter 1 retreat was an excerpt from the book The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins. The premise of the book is that, as a new employee or leader of an organization, you have 90 days to prove yourself […]
Role Reversal
One of the things that first attracted me to the Global Health Corps was its partner model in which each fellow is placed with a partner fellow serving in the same organization, creating a fellowship team composed of one international fellow and one in-country fellow. As an American going to work in Malawi, I initially […]
Student-Teacher Relationship
It’s that time of year again. The summer has come to a close, the kids are heading back to school, and for the first time in a long time, I won’t be heading back with them. Having completed the final requirements for my Masters in Public Health two weeks ago, school’s out for me. And […]