If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, What’s a Selfie Worth?
This is a co-authored post by Lisa Shawcroft and Sruthi Chandrasekaran, 2014-2015 co-fellows at Marie Stopes International in Washington, D.C. Global Health Corps is a fellowship program that aims to create the next generation of global health leaders. The program model pairs two fellows—one national and one international—within a placement organization and gives them tools […]
Faith and family planning: conversations with faith leaders
Pastor Kainerugaba is a born again Christian. He lives in Naskasongola, Uganda, a district in the central part of the country. Pastor Kainerugaba is not just a pastor, however. He devotes much of his time away from his church to educating his community about the benefits of family planning. When a Marie Stopes International (MSI) […]
What Carrie Bradshaw Can Teach You About Your Role in Global Health
Most women my age (if I said 25 would you believe me?) remember the Carrie-Mr. Big saga fondly: the she-loves-him-he-loves-her-he-marries-Natasha-etc-etc back and forth that tormented us until Sex and the City went off the air in 2004. Hidden between Carrie’s sometimes painful puns and Samantha’s sexploits were nuggets of wisdom that teenage girls like me […]
Chronicling Our Year of Growth with #Selfies
I think most fellows join Global Health Corps not just to make the world a better place, but to also make themselves better people. One indicator of this is that the fellowship year is designed to be one of growth, both personally and professionally. I know that I accepted my fellowship position because I believed […]