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 [...]
In sub-Saharan Africa there are simply not enough doctors to go around. So Clinical Officers (COs) are often the only people who can carry out life saving operations such as caesarean section. However, before our work, there was uncertainty about the safety and effectiveness of caesarean section when clinical officers performed the operation. Our research, led [...]
