Our second week in India brought with it a new set of hospitals and CNMs, and new pairs among our team. Carolyn and Maggie spent the week at Alwal, one of the newer LifeSpring hospitals, while Lauren and Marine went to Moula Ali, the original LifeSpring facility. At Alwal the team met Rosie, the CNM. […] Continue Reading
We can’t believe these past two weeks have passed so quickly! Today we had a final meeting with our host to review our impressions of the hospital and the CNM role. On our way to the meeting, we were surprised by a (literal) bump in the road… which turned into a flat tire in the […] Continue Reading
Our first week in India flew by – we have learned so much about Lifespring and the CNM role while also taking in the sights and tastes of Hyderabad. Marine and Carolyn spent the week in the Bowenpally location, where they forged strong friendships with the nurses and Clinical Nurse Manager. Their hospital is different […] Continue Reading
Today was our first full day at the hospital. Vijay sent a car to pick us up from the hotel, a welcome treat and no need to leave extra travel time for negotiating with rickshaw drivers or potential breakdowns! All four of us spent the morning at the Chilakalguda facility. First we met with the […] Continue Reading
Two lengthy plane rides and three continents later we made it to India. We were all exhausted, but thrilled to be on the ground and excited for what lay ahead. In an attempt to waste no time we checked into our hotel, dropped off our bags, and immediately head out for some Hyderabad sightseeing. We […] Continue Reading
Hello from Boston Logan airport! Our bags are checked and we are ready for a two-week adventure in Hyderabad, India, working for LifeSpring Hospitals. Our trip is part of a course at MIT Sloan called GlobalHealth Lab. The course was designed to match healthcare providers in sub-saharan Africa and India with graduate students at MIT, […] Continue Reading
Dateline: March 2012 Location: Hyderabad, India by Kate Krontiris and Lina Sayed Kate Krontiris is a graduate student of public policy and business at the Harvard Kennedy School and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Lina Sayed is a second-year MBA student at the MIT Sloan School of Management. They are students of Global Health Delivery, travelling […] Continue Reading
Dateline: March 2012 Location: Kipkaren, rural Western Kenya We have arrived in Chebaiywa! Last week, the clinical staff of Chebaiywa Health Center welcomed us as we began our GHD project. The staff greeted us with a beautiful song and introductions. The warm welcome kicked off an experience that has been truly amazing. On our first day, Michelle, […] Continue Reading
Dateline: mid-March 2012 Location: MIT Sloan By: Deborah Hsieh Hola! The days are counting down until we arrive in Mozambique! Where do I fit if I care about global health, but don’t have medical training? – In class, one of the standout moments was hearing from Bill Rodriguez. On one hand, he acknowledged the need for […] Continue Reading
Dateline: mid-March 2012 Location: MIT Sloan by David Hilliard In less than a week, I leave to work on a project in a rural health center in Kenya!! My teammate, Pipe, and I are extremely excited to touch ground next week and put our research to work. We are visiting three host sites over the […] Continue Reading
Dateline: mid-March 2012 Location: MIT Sloan by Thapana “Pipe” Chairoj After realizing how much impact our team could potentially make for our host organization in the long-run, I became excited to put our knowledge and expertise into practice. Currently without any medical record system, Chebaiywa Health Center (CHC) has an ambitious goal of implementing OpenMRS […] Continue Reading
Dateline: mid-March 2012 Lcocation: MIT Sloan By: Sydney Atkins and Julia Kay Preis With our trip around the corner we struggle to strike a healthy balance of excitement and anticipation. Neither of us been to Botswana, and both are excited for our work ahead with Daktari Diagnostic. Daktari is a diagnostic company based in Cambridge […] Continue Reading
Dateline: April 22, 2011 Location: Cambridge, MA Via ghdLAB, a team of four MIT graduate students (all MBA candidates; one also a Masters of Science in Engineering candidate) worked with a faith-based organization, Living Room International, in rural western Kenya this Spring. As our class comes to a close, each team put together a thank-you […] Continue Reading
Dateline: March 16, 2011 Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh By: A team of MIT graduate students in ghdLAB The MIT CRHM team arrived in safely Hyderabad on Sunday March 12, 2011 at 4AM and were swiftly greeted and whisked away to our hotel and spent the day recovering from jet-lag and the end of the semester. […] Continue Reading
A resource-constrained environment March 16, from the student team We visited Katosi Health Clinic, one of the two clinics run by our host organization. We were warned that the catchment area for Katosi is extremely poor. The majority of the population in the area is fishermen and thinks that their lives are always at stake […] Continue Reading
