I was married to a 32-year old wife once too
September 21, 2022
Njoroge’s wife died one night when I was on call a few years ago, leaving him with their 8-year-old daughter.
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Meet the amazing people transforming healthcare for some of the world's poorest patients
When grit meets tech
August 27, 2022
A BandaGo client clinic is trained in best business and clinical practices, and their use of BandaGo to track patient visits, income, expense, and inventory increases from 25% to 100%!
Spear guarded patients
July 30, 2022
“Everybody is using BandaGo at Naikarra – even our cleaner is putting in soap needs in the system; soon we will put in Maasai spears for the guard,” says Leonard Loontaye.
One way to inject hope
June 22, 2022
She burns it and injects it. She tells me she is pregnant and wants to stop. Can the clinic right here in her slum help?
Two heartbeats! Find a car!
April 28, 2022
As I examined her, I saw little feet. Breech twins! It was an hour and a half to midnight. It was going to be a long night.
Garbage dump clinic
December 9, 2021
They shifted here from the slums and replicate their habits which include using flying toilets and dumping garbage. They move here to change their lives.
Big wins
November 29, 2021
Africa covers 6% of the earth’s total surface area and 20% of the total land area. It has been the fastest-growing part of the world in internet connectivity and use of mobile phones with digital access. BandaGo, which runs on these digital networks, helps medical clinics deliver the right treatment right away.
We dance
October 28, 2021
I didn’t know how long I had been there, but Uzima White medical clinic was my lifeline.
More Time
September 30, 2021
Frontline medical clinics tell us the challenges they face when providing treatment with very limited resources. We then build technology solutions that support their tasks.
Black Belt Nurse
August 9, 2021
He was not afraid, he was terrified. He knew being a second-Dan black belt made him impervious, but he was also keenly aware the ghetto was a fierce place.
Protected by gangs
June 22, 2021
The gangs protected me and kept me safe so that I could treat the sick without being attacked.
Surviving a mugging to make an impact
May 31, 2021
Just as swiftly, the same hand jerked him violently, and brought him close enough to feel the attacker’s hot breath on his ear.
Who said slow down?
April 8, 2021
Most of us do good in our spare time. Some people do it for a living. Nobody told them that pandemics are a reasonable excuse to slow down.
What drives you?
January 29, 2021
My answer these days is pretty straightforward. Google Maps drives me.
That time Banda Health got into the motorcycle repair business (sort of)
June 5, 2020
In which fixing motorcycles leads to better healthcare
Unlikely Friends in Africa’s Biggest Slum
February 6, 2020
There’s something amazing about watching people who society assumes should be enemies work together as friends and allies instead.
Change-makers Mary and Joseph leave comfortable lives, move to slum, open clinic, school, orphanage
January 23, 2020
Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting three members of the team from Cana Family Health Care Center – one of our clients – at our home in Kijabe. Cana has been switching over to Banda from paper.
Friends who gave up and changed their world
December 22, 2019
I am old enough to know now that, behind all the sweet stories and pageants of this holiday season, there is a Christmas story reality that gets some people to give up their plans for finding peace and security in life and pursue something bigger but less comfortable.
Love Does What It Takes
November 20, 2019
A nurse, with a half-dead woman strapped to her back with a bedsheet, riding a motorcycle through the woods in the pitch-black night…
When people trust the untrained neighborhood “doctor”
November 1, 2019
– and you are a real, licensed healthcare provider trying to take care of your patients.
A Tale of Two Kenyan Cities
October 17, 2019
The Mukuru slum is home to over half a million people. Walking down Mukuru’s dirt streets, you see people everywhere — shopping, visiting, working, eating, and sleeping. The lively atmosphere is not necessarily what you would expect to see in an underprivileged living settlement.
Has Muthama been notified? The go-to clinic owner when kids fall from high-rise balconies.
September 21, 2019
A child’s terrified cry rings out at 6 a.m. in the poor, high-rise community of Builders outside Nairobi, Kenya. Residents rush to their laundry-strewn balconies to locate the source of the scream, already knowing what happened: another child has fallen from one of the balconies onto the dirt road below.
A Young Dentist on a Mission to Establish Herself in Nairobi
September 5, 2019
A Young Dentist on a Mission to Establish Herself in Nairobi By Natalie Walters Subscribe to our newsletter Linda standing outside of JoLynn Dental Clinic. “JoLynn”
Sisters Open New Female-Run Clinic in Nairobi to Help the Poor
August 22, 2019
Elizabeth was working part-time in a hospital in Nairobi while completing her gynecology residency when she realized she wanted to do something more to help her community. But to do it right, she needed her sister, Lorna. Together, they opened the new St. Catherine of Sienna medical center just outside of Nairobi.
In Maasai Communities, Where Change is Hard but Contentment Abounds
August 8, 2019
The first thing I noticed at Community Health Partners Health Center in Narok, about three hours outside of Nairobi, was the beautiful Maasai patients sitting on a single, wooden bench outside the clinic.