What the AIDS Movement Teaches Us
DUNCAN MARU, MD, PHD - December 2, 2019
Among the hundreds of formulas in my textbooks, Silence = Death was the most important equation I learned as a young student in medicine and public health. I did my …Read More
After Earthquakes, Babies Give Rise to Hope
- November 5, 2019
Fall in Nepal is full of lights, with some of the most vibrant displays of color, in celebration of Dasain and Tihar. In villages, rice, flour, sand, and flowers are …Read More
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Rural Nepal: An Integrated Approach
By Santosh Dhungana & Nadra Crawford - June 28, 2019
Pabitra* is a 17 year-old girl in far west Nepal who came to Bayalpata Hospital for a superficial puncture wound to the left index finger. She was diagnosed with a …Read More
Learnings from OpenMRS Conference in Nairobi
Anant Raut - January 30, 2019
In December, three members of the Possible team attended the OpenMRS Implementers’ Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, an incredible gathering of global organizations using OpenMRS, open source medical record systems, designed …Read More
WHO Released Global Guidelines for Design of CHW programs
Ryan Schwarz, MD, MBA - January 23, 2019
The World Health Organization recently released the first global guidelines for the design of Community Health Worker (CHW) programs. The guidelines suggest how governments like Nepal can design and implement …Read More