Ever wonder what goes into planning a three-day surgical camp at Kabudula Community Hospital? As Global Health Fellow Angela can tell you, it’s a lot of coordination, time, creativity, and logistics. Here’s an overview of what Angela does to plan a camp, and we’ll dive into some of the challenges she often comes up against in our next post.
Read moreMeet our Partner: World Altering Medicine (WAM)
Since 2006, WAM has been committed to reducing preventable deaths and suffering in rural communities.
Recognizing the alignment in our missions, AHA and WAM formed a strategic partnership a few years ago, maximizing resources and sharing expertise. The result has been incredibly impactful with more patients, students, and communities being served in a more coordinated way. Here’s an introduction to Blessings, WAM’s Project Coordinator, and the girls’ empowerment programs she’s running at Kabudula Secondary School.
Read moreMediServ Week Preparation- Patient Recruitment
Last week, GHF Angela traveled to all 8 Rural Health Centers that are part of the Kabudula Community Hospital catchment area to begin the patient recruitment process for the surgical aspect of the Mediserv trip.
For our previous trips, a lot of our patients came from the community that was directly surrounding Kabudula Hospital. We want to…
Read moreAn Afternoon in Lilongwe
Today I wanted to have a new dress made out of the local fabric, chitenje. So we started off by going to the largest market in the country which is within walking distance of our office…
Read moreA Week in the Life of a Global Health Fellow.
Our Global Health Fellows (GHFs) are hard at work on the ground in Malawi! A typical week for them looks as follows…
Read moreSurprise on a Home Visit
During our past surgical trip, I was responsible for helping to organize the surgical patients, interview them and discharge them. During this process, I got to know some of them well, and was fortunate enough to see them before anesthesia and after surgery, when they were anxious, excited and then thankful for a successful operation. Knowing that our patients were coming from a very large catchment area, including some villages that are hard to reach…
Read moreIntroducing Carolyn, Global Health Fellow!
Carolyn Schafer is a Global Health Fellow working with Access Health Africa and World Altering Medicine in Lilongwe, Malawi. Carolyn’s fellowship started in August, 2018.
Read moreUpdates from Malawi
Surgical week is almost upon us! Staff in both the US and Malawi have been preparing for weeks to treat and see over 80 surgical patients, 120 dental patients, and provide CPR/BLS trainings and fluoride treatments for Malawians in Kabudula Community Hospital and Dzaleka Refugee Camp…
Read moreIntroducing Angela, Global Health Fellow!
I am a U.S. citizen, born and raised in a suburb outside of Philadelphia, PA. I am the first member of my family to complete a higher education and the first to travel outside of the Eastern U.S…
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