by Varun Verma, M.D. | Nov 11, 2013 | Global Health
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King, Jr. This post is a question, an invitation and a challenge. How can we bring technologies we take for granted back home to those in the developing world? Many before me have...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Oct 15, 2013 | Global Health
Haiti is always eye opening for me. From the magnificent clouds that caress the landscape, the overwhelming kindness of the people (many of whom outwardly have very little), to the prevalent horrors that afflict human beings – there are many “shocking” things here. As...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Aug 20, 2013 | Global Health
Woch nan dlo pa konnen doule woch nan soley.” “The stone in the water does not know the pain of the stone in the sun.” -Haitian ProverbApproximately 1300 days have passed since an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince on January 12th 2010. Many of us are aware of the...