by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Dec 2, 2014 | 2014, Blog
I have recently returned from Liberia, where I worked as a nurse for six weeks along with a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, and other professionals, treating 60 to 80 Ebola patients a day. My 21-day transition time is recently over and, although I am back at...
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Sep 15, 2014 | 2014, Blog
I recently returned from 7 weeks in India, and was struck by the truth of the often heard statement, “India is a land of contradictions.” High tech is everywhere, existing simultaneously with bullock carts and cows on the streets. There are satellite...
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Jul 30, 2014 | 2014, Blog
Only 1 out of 160…. this was the number of Kelly’s Ugandan students who wanted to be nurses. Most of those who sat in her Fundamentals of Nursing class had chosen medical school, dental school or veterinary medicine on their government application to university....
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | May 3, 2014 | 2014, Blog
Since 2007, nurses at Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) Women’s Health Programs (WHP) have been working to improve the health of women in Cameroon. CBCHS provides healthcare to over 20% of the population in Cameroon in five hospital, 24 integrated...
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Apr 1, 2014 | 2014, Blog
At the end of many bumpy back road journeys in my 20+ years of global health practice was a welcoming nurse or midwife eager to share their successes and struggles in providing health care in some of the most remote places on earth. Working with few materials and...
by Monica Adhiambo Onyango | Mar 16, 2014 | 2014, Blog
Inspired and motivated by the need to include the voice of nurses and midwives in the human resources for health (HRH) debate, a joint event was co-sponsored the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Jhpiego on March 5, 2014: Nursing Leadership: An Rx for the Global...
