Food security has always been difficult in Malawi, with floods and deforestation and an increasing population on a limited amount of...

I take wellbeing seriously. Sometimes the closest I get to balance is being extreme in all areas, but for the last year or two I have...

Normally when I attend a medical conference I quickly feel that I am among people like me. Especially global health conferences or...

It was a busy Monday morning. I had half a dozen kids scheduled to see me for vaccine advice, but by the end of the morning I had seen or...

The patient had a 5:30 appointment, later than I usually like to book, but was brought in at 1:30 by a colleague who used to work with me...

A few days ago, a Presbyterian pastor received threats from members of Malawi’s Gule Wamkulu secret society and complaints from the head...

I was discussing last week about how tempting it is as a doctor to feel like it is the physicians who have the responsibility to bring...

Just over ten years ago, I was writing personal statements for residency programs. Sometimes I go back through those statements and...

I wake up around 7 to the pouring rain. That’s great because I needed extra sleep after staying up late. And there’s power this morning,...

Today, I am tired. I am tired from planning trainings and travel and programs with so many pieces that something is sure to fall through....

A day in my life January 2022 I stayed up late on conference calls last night, hearing from experts in California about ways to improve...

Ten months ago, we adopted a little village dog and took over the contract for a night guard. Together, those two had been protecting for...

Pruning is my least favorite part of gardening. It’s probably my least favorite part of life, too. I love watching the growth of new...

My patients inspire me. I have patients who really take lifestyle interventions seriously and have prevented or reversed chronic disease...

Christian Health Service Corps has a policy that missionaries should physically get away from their place of work every quarter. These...

6:30 I get up, brew tea, read my Bible, eat breakfast, and get ready. Greg’s awake by 7:00 and I ask him to help with the printer. I...

Yesterday was Susie’s last day shadowing me at ABC Clinic. Sometimes she really was like my shadow, quietly observing my conversations...

I wake up just after 6:00. I had dreams about people singing, influenced no doubt by the roosters crowing at all hours of the night and...

She came into my office alone, without a family member as a guardian, and she didn’t want a student to sit in on our meeting; her issue...

The settings couldn’t have been more different. A couple years ago in rural Malawi I sat down with a team of two clinicians who provided...