Africa Accounts for About 80% of World Trauma
A lack of emergency air evacuation services has been identified as one of the major factors for the high rates of trauma-related deaths.
Free Maternity Care in Kenya: What is it Worth?
Jane Otai, a 2013 New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute, says that it is good that the Kenyan government will now provide free maternity health care for all its citizens, however it is also imperative to ensure that free care equals quality care. The New York Times recently reported on the astonishingly high cost …
A Tiny Island Finally Connects to the World Wide Web
SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND RWANDA, THE ISLAND OF IDJAWI HAD NO INTERNET ACCESS UNTIL LAST MONTH. HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH JACQUES SEBISAHO, A DOCTOR AND NATIVE OF IDJWI ISLAND, ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS RESPONDED TO THE INTERNET Listen To Interview > TRANSCRIPT SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When's the last …
Flying Doctors Has Helped Realise My Dream
INTERVIEW By Ebele Orakpo Dr Ola Orekunrin Is a UK-trained physician with a specialist interest in trauma and pre-hospital care. Upon graduation from the Hull York Medical School in England, as one of the youngest doctors in the UK at the time, Dr. Ola, as she is fondly called, worked for nearly ten years in …
In Eastern Congo, The Little Island That Could
In the middle of a lake in the Eastern Democratic Republic, one of the most violent regions on earth, sits a tiny but mighty island called Idjwi. Here, my people have not only lived peacefully, isolated from the bloodshed surrounding them, but are also building a model healthcare system. The Eastern DRC has been ravaged …