My life becomes more unpredictable each day.  At first this made me uncomfortable.  Now I revel in it. Every ninety...

Checking in at the Blantyre airport this morning, I was asked a simple question, “What is your address?”  “In Malawi...

Tomorrow, I fly from Malawi to the USA for three weeks.  My Malawi visa requires that I depart the country...

In Malawi I work simultaneously on two clinical trials.  Clinical trials are studies in humans of interventions (a new medicine,...

Last Sunday, Malawi’s weather was spectacular. Clear and cool, puffy clouds tracked across the blue African sky. We awoke to the songs...

In contrast to the four seasons in North America and Europe, Malawi has only two.  Though June and July are...

Last Thursday was Martyr’s Day, a Malawi national holiday.  Shops and banks were closed.  The 51 martyrs being remembered were...

The garden of the house I rent in Malawi is large, with tall mature trees filled with birdsong. I love...

Yesterday afternoon was wonderful. Five of us went to Satemwa Tea Estate and spent the day hiking, gorging on sugar and...

Expectations are my enemy. For the last two years, I have led a large team preparing to enroll patients in...