Stanley Daudi, one of Ammalife’s past Changemakers has recently finished his studies in Malawi. We caught up with Stanley to hear what the impact of the Changemaker programme has been on himself and his community, as well as to ask him what he believes to be the biggest challenges facing clinicians in Malawi today. Before I [...]
Above: Yolam volunteering with other healthcare workers at Chitipa Prison. Yolam Kamene is one of Ammalife’s Changemakers and the current Joseph O’Hare scholarship student. Yolam joined the University of Malawi in August 2014 to undertake two years of premedical studies. He has now finished his third year of clinical study, passing with excellent marks, and has already [...]
Above: medical staff in Malawi receiving training on the FAST-M sepsis prevention tools, from Linvell, senior nursing officer and one of our Maternal Sepsis Champions at Mithundu Hospital) FAST-M is one of the projects that Ammalife sponsors which has been improving maternal healthcare in Malawi. FAST-M is a treatment bundle for maternal sepsis, with each [...]
This July, Professor Arri Coomarasamy, Ammalife founder, will be delivering a Scientific Writing Masterclass with colleagues from the University of Birmingham. All proceeds of this event will go directly to Ammalife's life-saving work on fighting maternal sepsis. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who is interested in getting published in top scientific journals to get advice from [...]
Congratulations to Dr James Cheshire, Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, who completed the Edinburgh Marathon last week in the speedy time of 3 hours and 29 minutes! Dr James trained whilst he was visiting our FAST-M Sepsis project in Malawi in the two months leading up to the Marathon, enduring 4am training sessions, [...]
