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Let’s visit South Africa

by Jim on 25 November 2009

in Country highlights

I’m glad to say we’re gradually seeing more blogs from South Africa.  Here are just a few posts to give you a glimpse into what’s going on in that part of the world:

Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town (also called Kaapstad or iKapa), South Africa

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Doctor pocketSometimes I miss the longer posts out there because I simply don’t have time to read them all.  But for some reason I did sit down and read this one, and it was worth it.  Frank and Barbara Esselinks are in Nigeria for just a couple of months, doing medical work in Jos.  Read in this post their experiences with the Nigerian census, work at the hospital and especially what happened when a very sick 1 year old girl was brought to the hospital.  The post is called Hospital Life.

For more on the medical and cultural challenges in Nigeria, check out this post from Kids’ Doc in Jos, entitled Resistance (Paul).  Again, a longer post and parts of it somewhat technical, but if you’re interested in the details of dealing with HIV this will give you some insight.

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AIDS in Nigeria

6 November 2005

This morning I just had to share with you these encouraging words from Nigeria, written by Dr Mike Blyth from Jos, Nigeria.  The blog entry is entitled Not Even Shaking Hands.  His blog is Kids’ Doc in Jos.
I’ve mentioned Mike’s blog here before, but you may not know that he and his wife Barb both [...]

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