In the latest series of blog posts, Njeri Mbure, a public relations worker in Boston (now turned global health advocate), reports on the radiotherapy situation in her home country of Kenya. Her article highlights the need for basic infrastructure in several African nations, as the incidence of cancer continues to rise. Read More
“Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches most,” so the idiom goes, but it’s a fair representation to thousands of cancer patients in Kenya. While radiotherapy services do not cost an arm and a leg as compared to charges abroad, the challenge here is unique; the availability of radiotherapy machines for the majority poor […]
Continuing with our latest stream of blog posts on global health electives, Shekinah Elmore, a fourth year medical student at Harvard Medical School, shares her experience in Kampala, Uganda. Read More
I immediately recognized the simple blue-green door marked with the words “RADIATION AREA” in bold, red letters. Recognize is perhaps too strong a word: I had seen it in a New York Times photograph. It was shut, as it had been in the photo, meaning that the machine was working, as it nearly always was. […]
To kick off 2015, we have Dr. Horia Vulpe, a radiation oncology resident at the University of Toronto, discussing the creation of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology Global Health Scholarship program. Read More
In the last few decades, there has been a growing interest in global health electives – clinical or research experiences that are usually performed abroad –by medical students and residents. In 1978 only 6% of American medical students experienced a global health elective. Last year, this number was 30%. This trend has been similar in […]
In less than 2 minutes, we highlight a few of the social consequences of untreated cancer. We hope that after watching the clip, you’ll be able to share it among your friends, family and colleagues in order to raise awareness of this important cause. Kevin Tan, a radiation oncology registrar working in Gippsland, Australia and […]
In less than 2 minutes, we highlight a few of the social consequences of untreated cancer. Read More
Our October blog post features John Mac Longo, a radiation oncology resident from the Medical College of Wisconsin, talking about his experience at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Read More
I spent the month of July working at the Radiotherapy Department at Mulago Hospital, Uganda’s flagship public hospital located in the teeming, rambunctious capital city of Kampala. This is the only radiation oncology center in Uganda, a country of 36 million people. The clinic also draws patients from South Sudan, Eastern Congo, and parts of […]
