Featured!,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Medical & Health Programs 7 September 2010

In previous posts I have mentioned Sister Ernestine Akulu, founder of the Asili Hospital in rural Uganda. She is an impressive and inspiring woman and I wanted to share some of the journey she took on her way to becoming an invaluable asset to her …

 Education,Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Microenterprise Programs 3 September 2010

Anatolia is a 56 year-old HIV positive widow and was in precarious condition, suffering from HIV and struggling every day to feed her family of eight. Through treatment, counseling and therapy from Bishop Asili Hospital, she has learned how to live a positive and healthy lifestyle despite being infected …

 Education,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 27 August 2010

In previous posts I wrote about the distribution of mosquito bed nets to the rural communities of Uganda.  This is one way to help combat the unbelievable statistics that a child dies every 30 seconds of this treatable, preventable disease. And nearly one million people (mainly children in Africa) die …

 Education,HIV/AIDS,Human Rights,Women 24 August 2010

Is this possible? Could a community, a generation or a gender honestly believe that women who contract HIV or are raped brought it upon themselves? I am at a loss on how best to report on this subject so let’s start with the facts.
21-year old Regina Joseph …

 HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Women 20 August 2010

African women in their early 20s represent the largest group of the adult population infected with HIV. One of the causes is that their sexual partners refuse to wear condoms. This refusal is often a death sentence for the female partner. So how can infections be reduced among these women? …