Health
Blog Post: What is public health? ›
My view of improving peoples' health used to be so narrow. Like any good learning experience, my time in Uganda has helped me better understand the complexities of life.
Blog Post: The drawbacks of women’s equality ›
There is an unrelenting pressure for women to be perfect and to do everything.
Shipping Medicines to Niger ›
What can one shipment of donated medicines do? How about treat 20,000 mothers and children in Niger suffering from common maternal and childhood illnesses.
Blog Post: Meeting the survivors ›
Last Friday afternoon, we suddenly found out we were being deployed to earthquake-ravaged villages to assess the situation and determine what help survivors needed.
Blog Post: Ask me, and I will follow you down ›
How do you recognize a midwife who's already trained to be a breastfeeding counselor? And who do you ask about breastfeeding if you go to puskesmas, local health facilities around Indonesia?
Blog Post: Ibu Durti...please don't run away! ›
On the last day of a Mother Support Group training, 22-year-old Ibu Durti showed up with her 14-day-old baby and a bag full of clothes.
Blog Post: A dedication to her profession ›
After she trained to be lactation counselor in Jakarta, Ibu Lilis says she never forgets to remind every mother she meets to breastfeed.
A Can-Do Spirit ›
Handwashing posters, new water taps, and a revamped latrine are just some of the recent changes at Nalagama Sinhala Junior School in coastal Sri Lanka.
Blog Post: A world most will never see ›
Most of us in wealthy nations are used to a world of consumption - we rarely see where what we purchase is produced.
Blog Post: Taste test in North Jakarta ›
Early this morning, I visited a couple food carts in North Jakarta, ate some healthy food and ended up being a pretty good billboard.
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