La santé publique au Bénin
As many of us learned in courses that focus on global public health or by reading the Africa section of the NY Times, public health in developing countries, Africa specifically…
This weather…
Ok, so I really try not to complain about the weather here, especially since my poor friends on the east coast and in the midwest have had a particularly harsh…
Quick Math
Today I met a women in a small....village...well not sure if you could call it a village, we rode the moto along a small path through the bushes to arrive…
What’d you do today?
Whenever I talk to my mother she of course asks, "What'd you do today?" So I decided to show in detail what a typical weekend day is like in Dassa-Zoumé.…
And the winner is…….
.....The Italian as the first one to get malaria.
Did that really just happen?
Today the Italian and I returned from Ghana to Benin. Upon crossing the Beninese border and getting our passports stamped the Italian needed to go to the bathroom. At first…
Quotes from the Trip: Accra
"I think you have malaria." "So how is Benin?" "Poor" (the Italian) "You want me to pay double to have air conditioning?" (Francis to a taxi driver) "You think because…
A Series of Unfortunate Events: On going to Ghana
Our original plan for New Year's Eve was to head to Uganda and celebrate with friends and family but the flight from Cotonou was $1400 and from Lagos it was…