Here are some interesting posts / articles / videos that recently wandered onto my radar. Some may make it into my permanent links / videos pages; some may not.African aid: helpful or hazardous? - A look at the current structure of aid to Africa, and how it needs to change.The “Developing Country” Double Standard - (Partly) humorous … Continue reading Things I Like.
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Incomplete and biased.
Jury-rigged anesthesia machineRecently one of my colleagues returned from a large teaching institution in the medically under-served world – let’s say West Africa. We visit this institution frequently and have done so for many years. What he found on this trip was disheartening, and he noted problems in a report for the hospital administration. None of these … Continue reading Incomplete and biased.
Student humanitarian aid?
Photo courtesy of Doctor of RecordHere is a question: do medical student trips to developing nations do any good?Although this has been on my mind for some time, it was brought into focus by an article by Crystal Hayling from The Center for Effective Philanthropy (I actually read it on Saundra Schimmelpfennig's blog Good Intentions Are Not … Continue reading Student humanitarian aid?
"What makes a new NGO succeed?"
Alanna Shaikh discusses "What makes a new NGO succeed?" on Blood and Milk.Well, it looks like our group has a few of these things right:We are, indeed, highly targeted - anesthesia education is pretty niche. Although we're happy to teach non-anesthesia providers (last year in Kintampo, Ghana we taught trauma management and chronic pain management to … Continue reading "What makes a new NGO succeed?"
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