Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: In pursuit of knowledge by Dana Itani Dana Itani The ‘Women in Leadership: Global Health’ series has been a delight to lead. I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have enjoyed producing it. It has been […]
Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: Florence Kinder in conversation with Dr Lucy Obolensky, Future Health Africa Founder Dr Lucy Obolensky A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to speak with Dr Lucy Obolensky as part of the Women in Leadership – Global Health series. […]
Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: Making a difference takes courage by Emma Oostenbroek During one of my anatomy lectures about cardiac development, I remember learning that 1/100 children are born with a congenital heart defect. As of that moment, I knew I wanted to become […]
Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: Leadership through the eyes of GECCo by Anisa Jafar I’ve never had any trouble considering myself a leader when it comes to following my own self. Generally, I have reflexively sought out and questioned what I find important and interesting […]
Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: How to ensure the narrative stays local – supporting colleagues in lower income settings by Lesley Crichton When we were 11, my best friend Lisa wanted to make a birthday cake for her mum. I love baking, so I went to […]
Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: An introduction from the curator by Florence Kinder Strong and representative leadership in Global Health ventures is vital, both from national and international staff. In order to promote sustainable global health improvement, it is essential, that leadership, particularly from international staff is […]
Redefining Success by Tayyib Goolamallee I started my journey with The HLA Leadership Blog 2 years ago, and what a journey it has been. To see this blog through to our 100 pieces milestone is one of my proudest accomplishments, and it has been fraught with important, unintentional lessons […]
A Baptism of Fire – Reflections of a Class of Corona Doctor by Chris Grieco I would like to share my account and some reflections of what it was like to start work during a pandemic, to have my studies cut short and elective cancelled. Date: Friday 13th (I […]
Reflections on the HLA 20 Conference by Simon Phillips How to sum up the experience of organising a conference in 2020 in 600ish words is presenting something of a challenge, particularly if I want to keep it pithy and interesting. For reasons that don’t need to be stated for […]
Narrative Medicine: How storytelling could improve patient care by Elisha De-Alker As I looked into the eyes of the woman sat opposite me I saw hope. I saw a determination to get better. I saw a daughter who had cared for thirteen siblings. I saw a wife who had […]