by Power Of Pads | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog |
With the increased availability of anti retro viral treatment (ART) HIV AIDS is not the death sentence that it once was in sub-Saharan Africa. However there was a whole generation that was decimated by this unrelenting disease. This lost generation are the ones who...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog |
It’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week and we all know that antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections and we are lucky to have them. But we are learning we should not take them for granted and the world urgently needs to change the way it...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog |
It’s been over two weeks since I returned from my first trip to the clinic in Buburi. Here are the things I loved about my visit there: Seeing how hard the dedicated staff work in sometimes difficult circumstances was inspiring All the beautiful babies –...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 1, 2017 | Case Study |
Redempta is 51 years old and has six children living at home. For a week she had a fluctuating temperature, felt hot, cold and weak with a persistent cough. She thought she had Malaria and had been taking Malaria medication bought over the counter, for three days....
by Power Of Pads | Oct 15, 2017 | Blog |
We know that in developing countries, rural women represent almost half of the agricultural labour force, and produce, process and prepare much of the food available, thereby giving them primary responsibility for food security. This quite simply means that rural...
