Equipping Africa

04/26/2026

Kenya Update -

Why I am so glad I work at Kijabe Hospital This week, in particular, I was reminded of why I love Kijabe Hospital. Simon, from our community health team, forwarded me some images of twin girls and their growth charts. He was handling a call from a distressed community health worker (CHW). The CHW wa...

12/14/2025

Kenya Upate -

Infectious Disease Training in East Africa When Mary and I moved to Kenya in 2011, a primary goal was to increase medical capacity in Kenya and if possible, to other parts of East Africa by facilitating and participating in training of the next generation of doctors. One of those goals was the begin...

11/02/2025

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World Patient Safety Day September 17th, 2025 was World Patient Safety Day. Honestly, it is a day we should all care about because someday, it will be our turn to be the patient, and we want safe, effective care regardless of where we reside on the globe. This year, I helped draw attention to Patien...

08/30/2025

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08/18/2024

Kenya Update -

Marriage Under Siege    Marriage is under siege. No, I am not talking about what you might think. Some Americans think just like Kenyan’s given the article in one of Kenya’s major newspapers, the Standard, from which I quote, “Marriage is no longer held in the thrall it has over history...

05/05/2024

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Of Strikes and Floods     This is a tough season in Kenya. The doctors and clinical officers strike is in its 8th week. The workload is heavy at Kijabe. And the patients who do come are especially super sick. Women in labor are delivering at home. Two weeks ago, Simon, a nurse in our community he...

06/01/2023

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Infection Prevention and Control: Why do we need it?   Up until very recently, the major focus in low resource contexts was the availability of medical care. Now, the emphasis has changed to availability of quality medical care. One of the major aspects of quality is being able to prevent hospita...

04/10/2023

Kenya Update -

Research Day 2023   I’m excited to share with you about Kijabe Research Day. Team members presented more than 40 Posters featuring recently published work, medical research and quality improvement projects. A detailed program description, poster titles and published articles can be found here: 2...

11/26/2022

Kenya Update -

What does it take to go to Garissa?    Recently, I sat with two of our MNCH team members and one of our newly minted Family Medicine Consultants. I thought to myself, let’s tell our stories of our first trip to Garissa. It will be a perfect way to help us prepare for a meeting we are to speak at...

07/28/2022

Kenya Update -

Community Health: High Touch, Low Tech    Sometimes I get discouraged that the work we in Maternal Newborn Community Health (MNCH) are doing seems slow and sometimes unappreciated. Community Health work is High Touch, Low Tech.  It’s not fancy. It’s plain old hard work, building credibility,...