Community solutions: Membership-based community health financing and insurance program
Co-Authored by James Kaggwa & Rebecca Calderara 2014 – 2015 Co-fellows at Spark Microgrants As GHC Fellows at Spark Microgrants, we are working with five remote communities in […]
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” – Audrey Lorde
At the age of 13, I learned the hard way that there are times when silence becomes a piercing scream. When my grandmother was diagnosed with leukemia, the silence was deafening. Over a decade later, I still recall her sense of defeat as she painfully transformed from a strong woman, full of wisdom to solve […]
What they don’t tell you about being a GHC fellow
I always dreamed of working in health and the Global Health Corps fellowship was the perfect starting point. I can’t even begin to describe the joy I felt when I found out I had been selected for the 2014-2015 class. What I didn’t realize at the time was just how much more there was to […]
Tackling research myths within health focused non-profits
As a public health researcher striving to make a real change, I’ve been learning invaluable lessons from working in the non-profit sector. Research outcomes may be too technical to make a direct impact on a population, however non-profit programs also may not be as straightforward as they seem. To understand the mechanisms and processes of […]
All The Pieces Matter
This past holiday season, something amazing happened. HBO released a remastered version of its stellar show The Wire. IN HD. If you haven’t watched The Wire, I strongly encourage you to stop whatever it is you’re doing, set aside this blog post, and start binging posthaste. It’s been a genuine pleasure for me to revisit […]
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 […]
“Change” in Newark is a Loaded Word
I came to Newark with many people telling me I shouldn’t. An acquaintance I barely knew, upon hearing that I had gotten a job offer in Newark (that I was clearly excited about), replied with a loud “PLEASE don’t go to Newark,” as if it would personally offend him. Even before I accepted my Global […]
I am a Feminist, Sorry I Mean a Humanist
Women have exaggeratedly been undermined and still are in some parts of the world. Inequality created by some people who pretend to act according to faith-based holy scriptures has gone beyond measure that some people, the feminists, chose to stand up to fight for women’s rights. This work is not really in vain because in […]
This Year.
…This year will be transformational. I know, it’s a buzz-word that I was skeptical of in the beginning, but now I have no other word for it. This year will be heart and passion. This year will look like finally living the life I always wanted to live. This is the year for trying. Of […]
Rebirth of Atticus Finch in the new public health
In my first three months as a Global Health Fellow at the Boston Public Health Commission, I have slowly begun to gather concrete actions needed to eliminate health inequity in Boston. These actions – whether taken through education, policy change, or community collaboration, are not magical solutions, yet are practices of the world’s most thriving […]