Meeting People Where They’re At: Outreach to Reach Out
For Magdalena. For Tommy. For Daniel. For Cathal. For all those we have lost along the way and who continue to guide our work. As Global Health Corps Fellows we believe that every person has the right to live a healthy, dignified life. This ‘every’ does not contain a hidden caveat; an asterisk that refers […]
The Five Pillars of a Strong Global Health Brand
If there is one lesson I’ve learned from working at the Global Health Delivery (GHD) Project at Harvard University these last few months, it is that the global health field is full of extremely intelligent individuals that are required to maintain expertise in a variety of interdisciplinary skills. GHD’s mission is to build a network […]
“Even nshima has side effects”: Explaining malaria research trials to community members
Cross-posted on MakingMalariaHistory.org It’s 98 degrees outside and 19 community members have arrayed themselves under a leafy green tree in a part of Gwembe an hour off the tarred road in Southern Province, Zambia. Some have traveled for hours—some setting off as early as 4 a.m.—to attend this important meeting convened by the representative of […]
Unique Opportunities through Collaboration
One of the most valuable parts of this fellowship year is the opportunity for collaboration, both personally and professional. Every day I work side by side with my colleagues at Last Mile Health, including my wonderful co-fellow who I share this experience with. In my workplace I collaborate with other amazing nonprofits that share our […]
Do You Measure Up? The Answer is Yes
Written by Jonathan Doucette, GHC Alum ’13 You’ve checked the GHC website for the third time today, despite the resolution you made to yourself to restrain from pressing that looming “refresh button” mocking you in the top left-hand corner of your browser. Your eyes are glossed over and itchy. Surely you must’ve missed something: a necessary requirement you […]
Can Novels Save Lives? When Health, Development and Stories Collide
Coney Island freak shows, Belle Époque Egypt and Maori tattoo parlors in Victorian Sydney were all featured in my thesis project at Pratt Institute for my undergraduate writing degree. As a writer living in Brooklyn, I thought I’d write the Great German-American novel before I graduated. But writing a terrible novel at age 21 didn’t […]
Coming to America – Things I Wouldn’t Want You to Know
I was filled with joy, excitement and hesitation because I did not really know what to do, how to behave, and what to expect. I will tell you about some of the funny and awkward moments of my trip. You can laugh or feel sorry for me but this experience was one of the happiest […]
From Without to Within: Local Solutions for Ending AIDS by 2030
There is bad aid and there is good aid. The bad aid is that one which creates dependencies, but good aid is that which is targeted to create capacities in people so that they are able to live on their own activities – Paul Kagame It has been a short three months. GHC-wise, I have […]
Stage fright, anyone?
The prospect of writing a blog is daunting. Blogs are for opinionated people. If I am going to blog, I would like to have something worthwhile to say. I, for one, find it annoying to come away from reading a piece of writing, feeling like I have just wasted seven and a half precious minutes […]
Finding the Brightspots
As we round out the first quarter of our fellowship year I have spent a great deal of time reflecting on the last few months, both through guided discussion and internal “soul searching”. A consistent theme in all of our GHC sessions is this idea of finding the “bright spots”, or latching ourselves to things […]