by Power Of Pads | Dec 14, 2017 | Case Study
Steven is 20 years old and lives with his mother and two sisters. The family usually cook outside on a fire made from wood. However if it’s raining they cook inside on a jiku and charcoal is used. Charcoal is expensive so Steven and a friend were trying to make...
by Power Of Pads | Dec 14, 2017 | Case Study
Isabela is 30 years old and married with two children, 2 and 17 years old. She’s also HIV positive. She doesn’t want more children and so decided to have the contraceptive implant six weeks ago. Since then she’s been bleeding heavily and losing weight and wants to...
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 –...
