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Filling out the Picture

Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 09/08/2008

7 August 2008When I first came to Malawi, one of the questions that was uppermost in my mind was why nurses leave the country to work in the U.K. or other English-speaking countries or why so many leave the public sector to work for non-government organizations or private hospitals and clinics. But ...

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Drive to Mulanje

Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 09/08/2008

1 August 2008Eileen and I left Lilongwe at 8 AM with a driver named Godfrey in the vehicle we rented from Sputnik Car Rentals. (Not, I hasten to add, the same Godfrey as the nurse in Embangweni who used to be a driver.)Almost as soon as we left Lilongwe, you could see the vegetation changing. More w ...

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Practical Notes on Photo Releases

Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 09/08/2008

1 August, 2008Web publishers need to pay more attention to getting formal permission to publish someone's likeness on the Internet. It may cut down a bit on spontaneity and it can be a hassle to manage the information but it's the right thing to do.The Berkman Center for Internet and Society ...

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Driving Lessons

Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 31/07/2008

Less than half an hour after we saw the Heavenbound Funeral Parlour today, we passed by the scene of this matola accident. Apparently a front tire blew and the driver lost control of the minibus. Fortunately no one was killedwhich is a miracle when you consider how flimsy the vans are, the speed at ...

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Followup on Nurses at Dae-Yang-Luke Hospital

Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 30/07/2008

Two corrections: Last month I was told--and wrote--that most of the 17 nurses who had left Kamuzu Central Hospital since April had gone to work at Dae-Yang-Luke Hospital, which I described as a private hospital run by the Korean church. That accurately reflects what I was told but the information wa ...

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