Shukri and Summaiya are both 6th-year medical students, which means they are in their final year of schooling before becoming interns.
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At age 3, I was admitted to the local hospital and after staying for almost a month without anybody having any idea of why I was having problems, someone finally requested a glucose test and I was diagnosed with diabetes.
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You have to follow a series of bumpy, dusty trails to find Brenda’s home.
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Ethan is 18, and he has been living with HIV since he was born. For the first years of his life, he was sickly and small. Every day, in the silence of her heart, his mother wept for him.
Read MoreI recently sat with Genevieve, a 17-year-old girl living with HIV/AIDS. At first glance, it is difficult to see anything other than disease.
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This is the real story that I get to hear many times, for many children. From death to life. And even though it is a story we hear over and over, you can’t grow tired of the miracle.
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I want you to hear the stories of these women and children who sit in my cramped exam room, whose hands I hold, in whose eyes I see hope and despair and determination.
Read MoreAMPATH discovered early on that providing anti-retroviral drugs did not fully solve many of the HIV patients' problems. Often times patients come to the clinic malnourished or not knowing when their next meal will be; therefore, one important component of AMPATH is food and income security.
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Like so many maladies in developing countries, the focus cannot simply be on the disease. Nutrition is critical when a full stomach is required to take medications.
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Pamella later joined a GISE group where she has always been punctual to attend meetings and has a good repayment history. The loans from GISE enabled her sustain inventory for her business.
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