More than Midwives and Medicines: Educating Communities in Malawi with the Safe Motherhood Initiative
Malawi, a landlocked country in southern Africa, has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. However, the country has seen a notable decline of deaths resulting from complications during childbirth. Leadership at the district levels and political will of government leaders was key, along with educating communities on family planning, maternal […]
All Social Justice Matters
It’s not always easy for those dedicated to social justice and public service to pick and choose which causes to fight for and what populations to serve. There are issues area that we feel personally drawn to because of personal experiences or expertise areas. To believe we can extinguish every corner of the world that […]
Consensus at the Ministry: An Invisible Win
What is Malawi’s way forward? What are we going to decide as a nation? These are the questions that when answered I’ve come to call “invisible wins.” As a Global Health Corps Fellow at Malawi’s Ministry of Health, I participate in meetings where these questions are posed to Ministry staff and development partners ranging from […]