Clik here to view.
A Carolina alumna honored for her contributions to women’s health around the...
When I first started working in infectious diseases at UNC, I was assistant to Charlie van der Horst. One of the earliest names I came in contact with was Denise Jamieson. At the time, van der Horst...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The thin, red line of motherhood in Malawi
A Malawian woman and her baby at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe. This is her third child, which she delivered at the age of 19. Two women stood across this red line outside the operating room at Bwaila...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catching up with UNC Global Women’s Health – report from Malawi
[This post was sent in by Dr. John Thorp, Professor and Director of Women’s Primary Healthcare in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UNC] John Thorp and Stephen Kaliti, director of maternal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UNC, Malawi’s president celebrate opening of new fistula unit
Bwaila District Hospital has a new fistula center, including a new major operating theater and a 28-bed inpatient unit. UNC Project Director Francis Martinson rockin' safe motherhood with Malawi...
View ArticleMeet Melia
Click here to view the embedded video. Melia (on the right in the green striped shirt) works as a cleaner at the fistula care unit at Bwaila Maternity Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. She is a very hard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photo of the day, meta edition: The road to safe motherhood in Malawi
In Lilongwe last month, more than a dozen photographers snapped pictures of Dr. Francis Martinson, country director of UNC Project-Malawi, and Malawi’s president, Joyce Banda, in front of a new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Born in Poverty, One Woman Becomes an Agent of Change: Jaussa’s Story
This post was sent in by Janet Fields, a midwife from Raleigh, N.C., who has been working in Malawi at the Fistula Care Center and Malawi Maternal and Neonatal Health Program. Jaussa is training to be...
View Article
