What’s Love (and Health) Got To Do With It?
In a report releases in August this year, UNICEF shook up much of the global health community by estimating that by 2050, 40% of the children under five in the world will be African. The total population of the African continent, currently around 1.1 billion, is projected to increase to 4.2 billion by 2100. Those […]
5 Things Every Student Who Wants a Career in Global Health Should Know in GIFs
Maybe it was a documentary, a friend from church who came back from a mission trip to Peru or South Africa who came back with stories, or a parent who is a doctor or nurse—there are many early influences on teens that lead them to consider studying and a career path working toward global health. […]
Halting Ebola – Midwives, Tablets, and a Little Bit of Perseverance
In the midst of the largest Ebola outbreak on record, one international partnership has worked together to provide assessment, education and diagnostic tools to front-line health workers, primarily midwives, in one state in Nigeria. The necessity for a rapid and systematic response to Ebola is essential. Early identification of cases as well as having a […]
An Awkward Moment for a Year of Dignity
“Does someone want to tell me how they feel when they have their period? Or how long their period lasts?” says Rebeka Kabugho, ACODEV Project Officer, to a classroom full of adolescent girls in an effort to break the ice about menstruation. At first the girls look around the room giggling, shy to share their personal […]
Being the first to know
It was a Tuesday afternoon when I heard my phone ring at my desk. I glanced over and saw that it was Peter Gondwe, the executive director of Life Concern (LICO), a community-based organization in Rumphi, Malawi, that I’ve been working with over the past year. I picked up the call with my usual greeting […]
A Dream Becomes a Reality
Under the mango tree they used to gather to find health solutions. These were HIV/AIDS affected and infected women of Lukojjo in Nama sub county Mukono district in Uganda. These peasants then came up with a community based organization called Mpoma Community HIV/AIDS initiative in the year 1999. The main aim of the organization was […]
Ideal Interventions – A Self reflection
A well functioning health care system encompasses a wide range of factors with a balance between prevention strategies and treatment. However, it is not clear at what point the two balance in the right measure. I have been involved in a demand generation campaign for improving treatment practice in the management of diarrhea. As a […]
GHC’s Training Institute 2014 Has Begun!
It’s our favorite time of year at Global Health Corps! This weekend, our 128 new fellows arrived at Yale University for our annual intensive Training Institute. They join us (jetlagged but excited!) from all corners of the globe: from as far as Zambia and Nepal to as close as New Jersey and New Orleans. Over […]