Building Surgical Partnerships in Uganda

Uganda Blog11/15/14 It is my first day in Uganda.I spent the last week in Dubai working on the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery.  It was a wonderful week.  I got to meet some of the leaders in global surgery, many of them my heroes in this new field we are trying to define.  We...

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It's Christmas time...

Below is my attempt to try an make the BandAid30 lyrics a little more relevant and specific to the West African Ebola virus disease epidemic. I'm not musician, or poet - as you may tell - but I like these lyrics more...and they scan for me!I've tried to build this while listening to my bought version of the latest BandAid song from iTunes or you can watch the video for the tune...

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Christmas 2014: give the gift of help...

I wrote a little guide back in August listing some places where one could donate if seeking to help out in the battle to contain Ebola virus and try and prevent more loss of life due to Ebola virus disease (EVD). With Christmas day nearly upon us, and many who read this blog likely to be doing something to celebrate it involving the giving of gifts to friends and loved ones, please think about...

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Ebola double vision is clearing...

A quick follow up from my post in October entitled "Ebola double vision".I've adjusted that graph and it adds another view of how the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic is, in terms of overall case numbers, showing consistent signs of slowing. The time it takes for the case total to double...

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Ebola virus disease (EVD) and the human desire to see the worst...

Criticism is easier from up here!There are those who just seem to enjoy hoping for the worst.Yes, I'm othering "those people" - I'm invoking a "them" category because their outlook is just too alien for me to understand. I can respect and often understand other points of view, different beliefs and...

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WHO Media Release: Sierra Leone reacts swiftly in the face of desperate need

I am reprinting in full, with permission, what I think is a really well written "story behind the numbers". These stories provide invaluable context around the various individual human and community tragedies that are constantly occurring during this epidemic. They also highlight the many difficulties faced by those trying to help people, track and contain spread and and collate all the numbers. Those...

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