Caitlyn Bradburn The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Yes. I read it. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson. I read it as I was struggling with a tough work relationship and felt like I had exhausted all of my “normal” tools…so why not take a “counterintuitive approach” since nothing else seemed to … Read More
Last week, I was in Bangkok training USAID employees from several countries in the region on the USAID Introduction to the Program Cycle. The Program Cycle is “USAID’s operational model for planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting development programming in a given region or country to achieve more effective and sustainable results in order to advance … Read More
I am a part of a global health bookclub and we just finished reading House On Fire by William Foege (a global health guru!) which is about the eradication of smallpox. The book is compelling, well written, and captivating. It is largely set in India during a several-month-long effort in the 1970’s to find and … Read More
The Betrayal of Trust, by Laurie Garrett, is another must-read for those of you who have a deep interest in global public health and a deeper interest in wanting to see improvements in the practice of public health. Praise for the Author First, praise for Laurie Garrett as an author. Her writing is compelling. She … Read More
I just a training in the Maldives for health care workers on adolescent HIV prevention. Big thanks to UNICEF Maldives and the Ministry of Health for the partnership. Even greater admiration is due for their commitment to HIV prevention among young people. Health care workers face a tension between their beliefs, prevailing religious beliefs, what … Read More
The very, very exciting news of the week is about the so-called London Patient who is, for all intents and purposes, cured of HIV. Doctors and researchers closest to the case are wary to use that term, preferring “remission” instead of “cure”. I have been working in HIV education, testing, and advocacy since 2001 or … Read More
Here’s what I’ve been reading about this week…how about you? What’s been the most interesting thing you’ve learned this week? Acquiescence, Broken Trust and Water Safety in Healthcare Facilities This was a fascinating and quick read! To sum up, researchers were looking into WASH and were curious about why providers stopped checking to see if … Read More
The theme of this week is that adolescents are the experts in their own lives! I’ve been working in the Maldives with UNICEF since December on an adolescent HIV prevention project. I will write more soon, but in the meantime, the main take-away for the participants seems to be…”Adolescents are the expert in their own … Read More
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In by Robert Fisher is a classic. It was first published in 1981 and reissued ten years later. If you are about to ask for a raise, promotion, or buy a used car, this book is for you! Getting to Yes offers a framework for “principled negotiation” for … Read More
Hello friends, every year on this holiday, I like to read and reflect on one of MLK’s passages. Here is what I am reading. MLK’s speech at Dartmouth University To the distinguished president of Southern Methodist University, Dr. Tate, members of the faculty and members of the student body, ladies and gentlemen. I need not … Read More