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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 26/07/2008
15 July, TuesdayLeft at 7:30 AM with Wezi to go to Lilongwe to pick up Katherine Bates, who is helping with video equipment. We gave a ride to the wife and child of a local police officer.Funny, when Wezi came to dinner table last night with a police officer in tow, Eileen thought I was going to get ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 26/07/2008
14 JulyLearned during morning report this morning that 12-year old Charity died at 3:30 this morning. She had cryptococcal meningitis and had been on anti-AIDS medication since February. First her father, then her mother died. She was admitted on June 24 and was responding to the meningitis medicati ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 26/07/2008
13 July, SundaySecond day without electricity. Embangweni Hospital is running low on diesel because the generator has been running non-stop for two days.There is a patient with pneumonia on the male ward who is depending on an oxygen concentrator, which does exactly what its name impliesit takes ava ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 26/07/2008
10 July 2008, ThursdaySmall tremor last night at about 9:45 PM. Enough to shake the bed. Not enough to cause any damage. Felt sort of like a huge semi-tractor trailer went by. But of course, that's not possible here. Sat up in bed and my first thought wasbut Africa is such a stable continent geo ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 26/07/2008
9 July, WednesdayThis morning attended a two-hour class on HIV/AIDS and ARVs, given by Getrude (that's how she spells it)in the local language, Tumbuku. A few giggles when she whipped out a wooden phallus to demonstrate how to put on a condom. But the class was very attentive and interacted well ...
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