Translating Public Health For Ordianry People
The Envision conference revealed an ongoing disconnect between policy wonks and storytellers It’s 10am, and we’re talking about death. Deaths from disease and neglect—deaths…
Read MoreThe Envision conference revealed an ongoing disconnect between policy wonks and storytellers It’s 10am, and we’re talking about death. Deaths from disease and neglect—deaths…
Read MoreI wish I was in Bukavu today, where I’ve met so many strong, amazing women fighting against not only the horrors (rape) we often…
Read MoreThere’s a please-click-thru-six-screens cover story just published by TIME about the shooting, by track athlete Oscar Pistorius, of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, if…
Read MoreThis week, the Internet got angry at Sara Naomi Lewkowicz. The 30-year-old photographer had the audacity to photograph domestic violence – and to publish…
Read MoreWednesday, as the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act was still less than certain, Time magazine published Sara Naomi Lewkowicz’s photo essay about…
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the Congressionally-mandated evaluation of PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — was released. It’s nearly 700 pages long, and I haven’t but skimmed its…
Read MoreHere’s something that piqued my interest: Yesterday, Ugandan drug manufacturer Quality Chemicals announced that it’s going to manufacture a single pill to replace the…
Read MoreSeventeen years ago, as apartheid came to an end and a democratically elected government took power, South Africa seemed ready to become an abortion…
Read MoreThis is irresistible, and the Aaninka dance troupe is fantastic. Makes me want to move to Cote d’Ivoire and apprentice myself to those women….
Read MoreIn law school in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thomas Alieu was smart, determined, and thwarted. “I wanted to become the first blind lawyer in this…
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