Taking a break
Vincent, Alfred and Rodney (Clinician, lab tech and nurse). Taking a break with a fanta and a 'chimdelera fanta' or 'bin laden'. These big, dry, hard, pretty tasteless rolls are known to the locals as 'chimdelera fantas' as (through the chichewa translation) they 'defeat' one fanta. You have to drink 2 to finish eating. Alternatively they are know as 'bin ladens' as, at the time, the U.S. were trying to defeat Bin Laden.
The First 2 Weeks
November 22nd 2008 In the first 2 weeks we have visited 9 villages, counseled and tested 258 people (of which 9 were HIV positive), performed 47 CD4 tests (on new and previously diagnosed patients), referred 6 people for ARV treatment and distributed CPT to 9. The conditions, resources, staffing, set-up, patient population, education and attitude has been different everywhere. We have been pleasantly surprised wit
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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional... ... read more 
