Welcome to the Warm Heart of Africa

On August 14th, 2023, the conclusion of my fellowship in Malawi marked a bittersweet moment, as I bid farewell to the place I had called...

A little history never hurt nobody Nestled at the southern stretch of the African continent, South Africa is a breathtaking nation and...

Generally speaking, in most Commonwealth African countries, you can easily get by with just knowing English. Of course there are caveats...

In late May, I was tasked with a two week assignment to provide technical assistance to some implementing partners on the Zambia team...

About a month ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Singapore to attend a couple of statistical programming courses as part of my...

My Why People often ask why I chose to work in the field of HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases, especially given the top leading causes of...

Growing up in the US, Americans and nearly 75% of the world are accustomed to driving on the right side of the road. And unless you're...

I don't typically write on current news or events that have recently occurred, but this seemed like an event worth capturing. Malawi...

There are over 3,000 tribes in the continent of Africa, with the Hausa (mostly in Nigeria) comprising of the largest group with nearly 80...

The average child growing up in America in the 1990s and early 2000s has probably seen the original Lion King movie at some point during...

Background On the evening of November 30th, 2022 at around 11 PM, a man broke into a home in Kasungu, Malawi and stabbed a three-year-old...

Back in March, I was presented with the opportunity to attend a two week in-person course at Imperial College London, a world class...

In Africa, the community is always paramount and the individual is regarded as being of secondary importance. As the saying goes, it is a...

Imagine being able to go back in time about 7-8 years ago and relive life as we know it. Only a time-machine would allow that to happen....

We had nearly missed our bus to the airport and now were about to miss our flight to the next destination. With time running out and an...

It was a Friday morning, which are half days in our office due to longer work days the rest of the week. With a flight to catch for my...

Back during the Middle Ages in Europe, a barber surgeon was one of the most common European medical practitioners around. At that time,...

As some of you may know, three weeks ago I returned back to the United States for the first time since moving to Malawi in February. It...

Did you know that Carlsberg Malawi was the first Carlsberg brewery outside of Denmark and started operations in 1968? Malawi is a country...

Oh what a strange and eventful week for Africa. To start off the week, Central Africa Republic (yes, that's a country in Central Africa)...