Publications

I have recently returned from my first visit to Haiti. I have worked in Rwanda mentoring nurses in a hospital and teaching at a nursing school. Last January I traveled to Malawi where I visited hospitals and health centers to listen and learn from the nurses. After...

GNC celebrates Nurses Week with a facilitated discussion: "Nursing Leadership in Global Health" at the PIH office in Boston MA. ​When:   May 12, 2015  @  5:30pm - 7:30pm Where: Partners in Health  888 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02155.  The event...

As usual, my disclosures first: I am neither a scholar of nor a specialist in trauma-informed care. Though, caring for homeless and immigrant persons in the US, and rural impoverished individuals in Southern Mexico and Guatemala, certainly makes me feel like I should...

Global – “of or relating to the whole world, embracing the whole of something.” Nursing: “…autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings.” (ICN) My name is Barbara Waldorf. I have...

My name is Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, I am a Family Nurse Practitioner living in Olympia, WA and working at a rural health care clinic. I recently attended a Conference at University of California of San Francisco, which was designed as a boot camp for mid-career...

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...

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 dishes on the...

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. In...

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...

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...