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there’s been lots o’ news coverage (local ugandan, and local minnesotan) of what i do in uganda lately. i’ve been remiss in giving a good picture on the ab.com/blog of what it is i do actually do, so sorry ’bout that…but i’m making up for it by pointing you to these links…
“it takes two […]

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if you’ve been reading the news coming out of east africa these days, you’d think the region was in chaos. since early december: ebola outbreak in uganda (also outbreaks of cholera, plague, and yellow fever), usaid worker killed in sudan, riots in kenya. but, the important thing to remember is that only the […]

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…but malaria didn’t kill me. after a year of living in the world’s malaria epicenter (a.k.a. sub-saharan africa), i finally got malaria. the catch is i had to go to thailand to get it. i went to bed late friday night with a fever and complaining that my whole body hurt. […]

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i don’t talk much about my job on this blog. i should talk about it more since it’s the reason we’re here, but the day-to-day is the most difficult to make interesting. especially since, what do i do? i manage. trust me, though, this “day in the life of a manager” […]

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i’d allowed myself to be lulled into complacency, ignorance, acceptance. i was spoiled. for over a month i have not had to deal with any government agency (other than the ministry of health) directly for any kind of service. then, today i was thrown back into the deep end. today i had to […]

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a friend asked me today what my favorite and least favorite things were about living in uganda. my response…
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favorite: working in a position that actually matters both within the organization and within the community.
least favorite: the culture of dependence created by the international aid community.

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i attended an all-day workshop today hosted by the ministry of health and family health international (FHI) re: community reproductive health worker (CReHW) provision of family planning methods in uganda. in 2004, FHI partnered with the ministry and save the children to conduct research on a pilot program in nakasongola district that trained CReHWs […]

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(i haven’t been writing nearly as much as i’d like about my job here. this is my effort to change that. if you’re not interested in public health, no need to read further. if you are interested in public health, sorry i haven’t been more descriptive about what it is i actually […]

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i was in the field the last 2 days (left 6:30am monday, back at 10pm tuesday, worked 29 hours in 2 days…exhausting) doing my regular supervisory visits of the field staff and program activities. MIHV works with a local drama troupe to stage drama shows educating community members on particular health messages. […]

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supposedly grad school is the place to network, find a job. i networked pretty well, yet somehow i made it through grad school without any idea of the big players on the international public health scene. sure, there was a guest lecturer in my “working in global health” course who had a lot […]

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