Kwan Kew Lai is affiliated with the Harvard Medical faculty physicians and currently divides her time working near the Boston area in clinical medicine and volunteering with various humanitarian organizations in disaster response or in refugee camps all over the world.

“I had the honor of training at Boston City Hospital at the same time as Kwan Kew Lai, and have marveled since how she has time and again volunteered to be at the front lines, whether it is in the aftermath of a tsunami or on the heels of Ebola. Her keen observant eye and her passion give the reader a glimpse into the world of global health and the heroic figures who try to make a difference.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: 2005, The South Asian Tsunami, My First MissionMedical VolunteeringPart I—HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Medical Care in Africa, 2006–20131. 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 Election4. South Africa: 20095. Nigeria: 20096. Malawi: 2013, My First Mission with Médecins Sans FrontièresPart II—Medical Care for Internally Displaced People and Refugees in Africa, 2011–20137. Back to Uganda: 2011, The Nakivale Refugee Camp8. Libya: 2011, Arab Spring9. Kenya: 2011, The Drought and Famine of the Horn of Africa10. Uganda: 2012, The Nyakabande Transit Refugee Camp for the Democratic Republic of Congo11. Unity State, South Sudan: 2013, Providing Medical Care after the Civil WarAfterword—Non Ministrari sed MinistrareChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Kwan Kew Lai is affiliated with the Harvard Medical faculty physicians and currently divides her time working near the Boston area in clinical medicine and volunteering with various humanitarian organizations in disaster response or in refugee camps all over the world.

“I had the honor of training at Boston City Hospital at the same time as Kwan Kew Lai, and have marveled since how she has time and again volunteered to be at the front lines, whether it is in the aftermath of a tsunami or on the heels of Ebola. Her keen observant eye and her passion give the reader a glimpse into the world of global health and the heroic figures who try to make a difference.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: 2005, The South Asian Tsunami, My First MissionMedical VolunteeringPart I—HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Medical Care in Africa, 2006–20131. 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 Election4. South Africa: 20095. Nigeria: 20096. Malawi: 2013, My First Mission with Médecins Sans FrontièresPart II—Medical Care for Internally Displaced People and Refugees in Africa, 2011–20137. Back to Uganda: 2011, The Nakivale Refugee Camp8. Libya: 2011, Arab Spring9. Kenya: 2011, The Drought and Famine of the Horn of Africa10. Uganda: 2012, The Nyakabande Transit Refugee Camp for the Democratic Republic of Congo11. Unity State, South Sudan: 2013, Providing Medical Care after the Civil WarAfterword—Non Ministrari sed MinistrareChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Kwan Kew Lai is affiliated with the Harvard Medical faculty physicians and currently divides her time working near the Boston area in clinical medicine and volunteering with various humanitarian organizations in disaster response or in refugee camps all over the world.

“I had the honor of training at Boston City Hospital at the same time as Kwan Kew Lai, and have marveled since how she has time and again volunteered to be at the front lines, whether it is in the aftermath of a tsunami or on the heels of Ebola. Her keen observant eye and her passion give the reader a glimpse into the world of global health and the heroic figures who try to make a difference.”—Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiList of AbbreviationsPrefaceIntroduction: 2005, The South Asian Tsunami, My First MissionMedical VolunteeringPart I—HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Medical Care in Africa, 2006–20131. 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 Election4. South Africa: 20095. Nigeria: 20096. Malawi: 2013, My First Mission with Médecins Sans FrontièresPart II—Medical Care for Internally Displaced People and Refugees in Africa, 2011–20137. Back to Uganda: 2011, The Nakivale Refugee Camp8. Libya: 2011, Arab Spring9. Kenya: 2011, The Drought and Famine of the Horn of Africa10. Uganda: 2012, The Nyakabande Transit Refugee Camp for the Democratic Republic of Congo11. Unity State, South Sudan: 2013, Providing Medical Care after the Civil WarAfterword—Non Ministrari sed MinistrareChapter NotesBibliographyIndex