Kwan Kew Lai

Into Africa, Out of Academia

A Doctor's Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

In 2006, Kwan Kew Lai left her full-time position as a professor in the United States to provide medical humanitarian aid to the remote villages and the war-torn areas of Africa. This memoir follows her experiences from 2006 to 2013 as she provided care during the HIV/AIDs epidemics, after natural disasters, and as a relief doctor in refugee camps in Kenya, Libya, Uganda and in South Sudan, where civil war virtually wiped out all existing healthcare facilities. Throughout her memoir, Lai recounts intimate encounters with refugees and internally displaced people in camps and in hospitals with limited resources, telling tales of their resilience, unflinching courage, and survival through extreme hardship. Her writing provides insight into communities and transports readers to heart-achingly beautiful parts of Africa not frequented by the usual travelers. This is a deeply personal account of the huge disparities in the healthcare system of our "global village" and is a call to action for readers to understand the interconnectedness of the modern world, the needs of less developed neighbors, and the shortcomings of their healthcare systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781476679723
• ISBN-10: 147667972X
• Artikelnr.: 57166217

Autorenporträt

Originally from Penang, Malaysia, Kwan Kew Lai received a full scholarship from Wellesley College. She is a Harvard Medical Faculty Physician. In 2005, she left academia to dedicate time to humanitarian work; in HIV/AIDS in Africa, and she provides disaster relief all over the world, such as during the Ebola outbreak, the Syrian Rohingya refugee crises, and the COVID-19 pandemic in New York and the Navajo Nation. Her debut, Lest We Forget: A Doctor's Experience with Life and Death During the Ebola Outbreak, chronicles her time in Liberia and Sierra Leone caring for Ebola patients. Into Africa, Out of Academia: A Doctor's Memoir came out October, 2020. Visit: kwankewlai.com

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: 2005, The South Asian Tsunami, My First Mission Medical Volunteering Part I-HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Medical Care in Africa, 2006-2013
1.
Tanzania: 2006, Mentoring in Rural Mtwara with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI)
2.
Uganda: 2006, Teaching at the Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda
3.
Kenya: Following the 2007 Presidential Election
4.
South Africa: 2009
5.
Nigeria: 2009
6.
Malawi: 2013, My First Mission with Médecins Sans Frontières Part II-Medical Care for Internally Displaced People and Refugees in Africa, 2011-2013
7.
Back to Uganda: 2011, The Nakivale Refugee Camp
8.
Libya: 2011, Arab Spring
9.
Kenya: 2011, The Drought and Famine of the Horn of Africa 10.
Uganda: 2012, The Nyakabande Transit Refugee Camp for the Democratic Republic of Congo 11.
Unity State, South Sudan: 2013, Providing Medical Care after the Civil War Afterword-Non Ministrari sed Ministrare Chapter Notes Bibliography Index