Juxta Life
Maternal and Newborn Health at the WHO
Gail Robson reflects on her experience as a summer intern at the WHO in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health.
Expectation vs Reality in Ethiopia
Some nine months before I sit to write this reflection, it is January 2014. The window for planning my summer is closing. I finally figured out what I wanted to do: research in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over the course of the following five months, I framed my research question, wrote a proposal, found a supervisor, and received funding.
Grace Care Center for Children: Improving Nutrition and Emotional Health for Sri-Lankan Orphans
Located in the Trincomalee district on the eastern shores of Sri Lanka, Grace Care Center provides care for orphaned and homeless children in Sri Lanka’s struggling northeast. In 2004, the tsunami devastated the entire Trincomalee area, thrusting a large portion of one of South Asia’s most impoverished regions into even greater poverty and economic hardship.
Kisa: Understanding HIV Through Storytelling
It is another misty morning in Karatu, a northern speck on the map of Tanzania in East Africa. As an HIV/AIDS outreach officer employed by a non-governmental organization, my client was an entire community, and my duties range from providing medical advice to running education programs…
Juxta’s Summer Travel Blog
Now that a busy school year has come to end and summer begins, many students are taking the opportunity to get experience in their fields. Several executive members of Juxtaposition are doing the same, whether it be at home in Toronto or abroad…