coaching for clarity and courage
This was written for a project which will never happen, but I thought it might be of use to people who work internationally but not in global health. Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms, usually bacteria or viruses, and they […]
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This is the best use of big data ever; it does something that has never been tried before using the kind of computing power we’ve never had before, to solve huge, complex problems. Duck of Minerva provides an thoughtful and […]
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AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ART: Antiretroviral therapy – the drugs that treat HIV ARV: Antiretroviral – the class of drugs used for ART CD4: One of the two kinds of proteins on the surface of human cells. The HIV virus […]
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Three useful resources for finding a development job: The Ask a Manager Blog is full of useful advice on resumes, cover letters, and interviews. If you’re tired of going through DevEx, UNjobfinder is actually a collection of all kinds of […]
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When we talk about transparency in international development, we almost never talking about transparency with beneficiaries. We may not realize that, but it’s the case nonetheless. When we’re revealing our overhead costs and opening up detailed budgets, and workplans, we […]
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Give money to NGOs who have an established presence in the hurricane-affected location. Do not fund exploratory teams or organizations that will start new offices to handle hurricane relief. Nearly every major relief agency is already established in Haiti, because […]
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Hurricane Matthew inspired today’s jargon. Climate resilience: The capacity of a community or country to rapidly recover from the shocks caused by climate change. DRR: Disaster Risk Reduction. A catch-all term for the process of identifying disaster risks and then […]
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This week we’ve got global health jargon. Specifically, malaria. MiP – Malaria in pregnancy. Malaria is especially dangerous to pregnant women, increasing the risk of death or harm to both mother and baby IPTp – Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, “a […]
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We face a lot of endings in this line of work. Projects end, postings end. Jobs end, and sometimes careers. We change countries and friendships end. Some of us are instinctively good at endings; others, not so much. If […]
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No, seriously. I haven’t been hacked. Cracked.com has a list of people brave enough to die for their beliefs and it’s well worth your three minutes. I particularly like their description of Khaled Al-Asaad, who was killed by ISIS for […]
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If you’re like most of the people I know, you’re desperately worried and afraid. And you feel helpless. What the hell does any individual person do about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? I’ll start with what not to do. Stay off […]
I refuse to live in fear forever is the kind of thing you say when your life has been so comfortable you’ve never had to look at the world straight on In my own community I keep hearing people say, […]
A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster 1. A lot of American systems were one big shock away from disaster and this is that disaster. Healthcare, but also public education, […]