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The hidden perils of progress

Good morning! my posts have been fairly scarce this trip. As I’ve looked back on previous blogs, I don’t know if there’s a whole lot more to add […]

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  • Week One winding down

    It is actually amazing that our first week is coming to a close. The morning started early for Dr Ani and Josef. A hand injury came in the […]

  • A Tale of Two Days

    A Tale of Two Days

    Day one with the full first shift team began at a typical 730 morning report. Usually, morning report can be a very long experience of presentations from medical […]

  • The beginning of the next chapter

    The beginning of the next chapter

    We have touched down in Moshi! Jennifer and I, thankfully, had an uneventful and on time flight. We arrived into Moshi, and we met by our driver after […]

  • Dusting off an old friend

    In less than a week, we are heading back to Moshi and our friends at KCMC. It’s hard to believe that it has already been a year since […]

  • Closure

    Closure

    We are all back in the United States. It is somewhat hard to comprehend the this trip – almost 3 years in planning – has come to an […]

  • Managing expectations

    Managing expectations

    It seems often that my writings here stray to the idea of expectations and realities of working in a resource limited environment. Each week here, even with the […]

  • A word on housing

    Greetings from Moshi! We are half way through week 4 – and everyone’s thoughts have strayed to returning home. It has been a great/difficult/hard/easy/fun/frustrating/productive/unproductive trip so far. As […]

  • Updating week 3

    Updating week 3

    It’s been a few days. Transitioning to a new team has been great. We’ve gotten Dr CAsey and her daughter Claire up to speed and I think they […]