Landslide
Tucked away in a shadowed corner between the truncated stairs to the church stage and the endless rows of stacked chairs, a man sits crouched, holding a child between his legs as if she is one of the...
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Global Health
There is Another Ebola Outbreak Happening in the DRC and We Need to Talk About It
On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, located in the northeast region of the country [1]. By September 7, a total of...
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Exportation of Cuban Doctors: Revolutionary Physicians
“The life of a single human being is worth a million time more than all the property of the richest man on earth.” Quote by Ernesto “Ché” Guevara above the entrance to the Calixto Garcia Hospital. On August...
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My First Diagnosis
Friday, September 30, 2016 A small village about 50 miles outside of Santa Domingo It was our last day on the trip. We had flown into Santa Domingo on Sunday, piled into a bus 24-people strong (I know...
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Global Ethics and the Care vs. Cure Dilemma
*Archived image unavailable: Batey Aleman It was the second day of clinic at Batey Aleman, and we were waiting for our next patient. A frail woman turned the corner and knelt on her cane for support as she...
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Improving pediatric cancer care disparities
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A TRANSCULTURAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE: Frontiers in Public Health, 22 June 2015 | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00159 Paula Aristizabal, Spencer Fuller, Rebeca Rivera, David Beyda, Raul C....
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