It’s well known at this point that the United Nations brought cholera to Haiti. The worst cholera outbreak in recent global health records, in a country that hadn’t seen cholera in its record...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2017/03/16/the-uns-shame-and-haitis-suffering/
“Don’t think about where the lines are drawn, think about who draws the lines.” I rarely agree with The Last Psychiatrist, but it’s my go-to source for question assumptions and making ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2014/06/17/things-ive-thinking-lately/
1. Can Elinor Ostrom’s work help us understand what to do about antibacterial resistance? I’ve been reading a lot of Ostrom in an attempt to develop an opinion, but it’s tough going for me....
http://bloodandmilk.org/2014/05/01/things-ive-thinking-may-1st-2014/
These aren’t predictions, exactly, or New Year’s wishes. More like positive signs I am hoping will occur. Clues that we’re getting our act together as an international system. The good ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/12/29/humanitarian-response-complexity-and-uhc-my-high-hopes-for-2014/
Typhoon Haiyan from space Books – I have a review copy of Ben Ramalingan’s new book, Aid on the Edge of Chaos. I am very, very excited to read it. Earlier this summer, I read Reinventing Phi...
Warning Sign #1: When government officials use the data to set targets like an increase in vaccination or a decrease in cancer numbers, they always use percentages, not absolute numbers. That’...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/04/16/three-ways-to-spot-bad-data/
Last year, my husband and I decided to organize our charitable giving. Instead of making haphazard choices all along, we now give a set percentage of our income at the end of every year. Any smal...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2012/12/30/advice-needed-charitable-giving-on-tb/
1. When you train a doctor, it doesn’t trickle down. It stops, right there, with her. That’s why you need to train nurses and the rest of the clinical team. 2. If you ...
Two senior employees of a private consulting firm have been accused of stealing money intended for global HIV work and using it for their personal expenses. The Wash...
People ask me – a lot – how to start learning about global health. I never have a good answer. Usually I send them to Karen Grepin’s blog and suggest they take a look at the various text...