Bernard is a public health specialist and an entrepreneur from Kenya. He is the founder of the Center for Public Health and Development, a non-profit which has designed and developed two successful social enterprises – MediQuip Global (biomedical equipment repair and maintenance solutions) and Hewa Tele (a public-private venture delivering affordable oxygen in remote areas). …
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/11/12/563305753/is-it-insulting-to-call-this-a-hut Nurith Aizenman The complaints came in shortly after we ran a story on a government aid program that gave cash to the poor in Zambia. The piece included a profile of a young woman who, along with her husband, had used the money to start a business that had lifted their family to …
In November, 2016, I met 3-year-old Barack Obama’s mother, Mary Atieno, who was all smiles as she watched over her son at the Akala Health Center in Siaya County in western Kenya. Just a few hours earlier, he was struggling to stay alive, one breath at a time. He had been admitted at the hospital …
In every leader's journey, there is a moment, or a series of moments, that stand out — a miserable failure, a grand success, a total surprise. The magic in that experience is rarely just the moment itself, but most often the way in which each leader responded to it. It is that response that shapes …
Workers’ strikes aren’t always about the money. The 5,000 doctors, who walked off the job in December 2016, in fact sought to save lives, and their leaders were jailed for demanding high quality healthcare that citizens deserve. Last week, negotiations broke down again and doctors were given an ultimatum to resume work or face dismissal. …