Have you ever heard the expression "it takes a village to raise a child"?
Read MoreToday I believe I experienced the true meaning of the AMPATH consortium.
Read MoreWith the current nurses' strike, public hospitals are operating at sub-optimal levels, which has led to changes in our schedules.
Read MoreMy name is Odep. I am a heartfelt individual with a keen desire to help others.
Read MoreAt age 3, I was admitted to the local hospital and after staying for almost a month without anybody having any idea of why I was having problems, someone finally requested a glucose test and I was diagnosed with diabetes.
Read MoreThe African sun is spectacularly bright, the sky a calming blue, and the temperature a perfect 70. I've just returned from a walk in downtown Eldoret.
Read MoreAs I was walking through the new Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Diseases Centre at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya, I was reminded of the early days of diabetes mellitus (DM) care in western Kenya.
Read MoreI lost a 3-month old girl last week. She came in on Thursday with respiratory distress and failure to thrive.
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There are 4 ward teams at the pediatric hospital at Moi University: Tumaini ('Hope' in Swahili) 1 and 2 and Upendo ('Love' in Swahili) 1 and 2.
My first impression of IU House is that it is summer camp for physicians. This is most certainly an oversimplified view of a much more complex program, but the camaraderie and spirit at the house elicits a certain charm that I find incredibly compelling.
Read MoreHere I am. Fighting, working, running, writing, practicing gratitude.
Read MoreI tried to convince him that his dreams of going to college and working as an architect are possible if we can get his virus suppressed.
Read MoreIt is December 1, World AIDS Day, and I am so excited for Celebration in Red.
Read MoreIn 2004, when he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK, Gordon Brown gave a speech describing how the world was failing poor families – and poor babies in particular.
Read MoreYou have to follow a series of bumpy, dusty trails to find Brenda’s home.
Read MoreEthan is 18, and he has been living with HIV since he was born. For the first years of his life, he was sickly and small. Every day, in the silence of her heart, his mother wept for him.
Read MoreThis is the real story that I get to hear many times, for many children. From death to life. And even though it is a story we hear over and over, you can’t grow tired of the miracle.
Read MoreMiriam is 15-years-old, and she lives at a children’s home for orphans just outside of Eldoret.
Read MoreShe walked all this way to collapse in my exam room
Read MoreI want you to hear the stories of these women and children who sit in my cramped exam room, whose hands I hold, in whose eyes I see hope and despair and determination.
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