When I met Dr. Alex Coutinho it was his first day at Inshuti Mu Buzima, the Rwandan office of Partners in Health, and he began his tenure by inviting…
Imagine you are a nurse conducting a health assessment for an infant. You are trying to determine whether or not the child is malnourished using the World Health Organization’s Standard Growth Charts. There are three different charts for both boys…
When I was in high school I worked at an at-risk youth center in Botswana with a group of classmates. Our teacher told us…
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for women in 40 of the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The good news is that unlike many cancers, most cervical cancers are preventable with regular screenings known as pap smears for early…