Health Stories from Africa. Told with depth, dignity, and Purpose.
Exploring the people, policies and systems shaping health across Africa.
I met my friend Lucie at our favourite café. We set our dinner for 6 pm. This would give us just enough time to wrap up work and make our way to the café. I saved my appetite, knowing that our meet-ups are always a feeding program.…
The story behind my passion for maternal health and child mortality
As published on February 3, 2014 Millennium Development Goal 5 is...
Precious Drops for Precious Babies: The Art of Human Milk Banking
“This one was born two weeks ago, but the mother...
13 years of waiting and 13 hours of joy.
‘I don’t even know where to start’, said Eunice amid...
Clean Hands, Safer Surgery: The Power Of Handwashing Beyond The Bathroom Sink
During COVID-19, careful handwashing became a movement. In Kenya, we...
A Frontline View of Strengthening Safer Surgery in Rwanda
By Roda Uwayesu After sixteen years in the operating theatre, I...
Anaesthesia under fire: maintaining and strengthening services in Ukraine and beyond
When I first began working in global surgery storytelling,...
DRC ends mpox emergency as Kenya faces funding gaps in vaccine rollout
The Democratic Republic of Congo, which was once at the center of Africa’s mpox outbreak, has announced that the disease…
Lifebox Elects New Members to Global Governance Council
In a new chapter for global surgical safety, Lifebox, the global safer surgery and anesthesia nonprofit, elected two leading voices…
Anaesthesia under fire: maintaining and strengthening services in Ukraine and beyond
When I first began working in global surgery storytelling, I never imagined the depth of courage and resilience I’d…
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