HIV Testing Campaign Taps into Tanzania's Uhuru Torch Celebrations
Many young people came out to learn their statuses during the 2nd annual HIV testing campaign in Tanzania's Shinyanga region.
Door-to-Door, Family-to-Family HIV Counseling and Testing
Bata Geleto walks up to a small mud house in Shashemene, a town in the southern region of Ethiopia. She carries a large, blue bag and an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she walks house to...
Clean Water and Sanitation: Basic Necessities for All Global Health Work
Although in many developed countries running water that is safe for drinking and bathing and working toilets are ubiquitous, a third of the world’s population goes without these luxuries.
Week Two in Ethiopia, Another Woman Saved
Things might have turned out differently had Shashitu delivered a month earlier. Things might have turned out much worse.
Building Local Health Systems with Information Systems
On my trip to India last month, I didn’t plan to focus on maternal health care, but walking through the maternity ward in Bihar, I couldn’t help but worry about the long lines and hours that keep a woman waiting to see a doctor.
Family Planning: An Essential Health Service Here and Everywhere
Wonderful to see Anu Kumar, vice president of Ipas, critiquing the bordering-on absurd contradictions between the United States government’s domestic and global policy on family planning in her recent Huffington Post article, “Does the U.S. Care about Women? That Depends on Where They Live.”
Revisiting Zambia: Still So Much to Do
Last month, I was in Zambia, a country especially close to my heart. I was born in Zambia and lived there through the end of high school.
Leaving Windhoek—The Inequality of Life and Death in Namibia
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was walking the wide roads of downtown Windhoek, Namibia.
