One of the themes for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ annual convention in October 2010 is “The State of the World’s Children.” This is a call for writing for that convention—but a very unusual call, for unusual kinds of writing. We are planning to develop a web site that will be a focal point for…
Megan McIntosh Frenzen writes: In Uganda, every single day is astounding, in both good and bad ways. The morning commute to Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) is very short but very interesting. It’s a bumpy dirt road with enormous ruts, loose baseball sized stones and the…
Megan McIntosh Frenzen writes: We are exhausted at the end of every very long workday and, in many ways, it feels like we’ve already been here for a month. If you’re interested in hearing what’s up in Uganda, read on. It’s lengthy, so get comfortable. Or,…
Farah Ghuznavi writes: It started out like any other evening at home. When we sat down at the table, I was excited to see the red spinach and shrimp dish…
By Audrey Merriam As a future Ob-Gyn, I spent a month in Dhaka, Bangladesh doing research on first-hour breastfeeding–the act of putting the infant to the breast within the first…
By Tara Song At 4:00pm, I show up for my first day at the Special Care Unit of the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) to observe afternoon…
Photo by Suzanne Germain Descending the bumpy drive of the Hopital de la Commaunite Haitienne in Port au Prince, Haiti, on Good Friday, we passed a woman in a T-shirt…