Brighten a Smile, Brighten the World “I saw a little boy whose teeth were rotten to the gums, and that hit me. It was really hard to see – just knowing that child wouldn’t be able to get the care that he needed. A lot of this was preventable.” Though 19 year-old Sabrina Nihsen traveled to Honduras almost two years ago, the children she encountered at Global Healing’s Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic in 2014 never left her mind. “I remember this picture so clearly,” she explains. “I was in the clinic and I saw all these children with cavities and… read more →

  He has traveled over 500,000 miles, making 36 trips to Vietnam in the past 17 years. We like to think that Dr. Partridge has gone to the moon and back (in miles, quite literally) to improve emergency care for children in Vietnam. Our program in Vietnam is about giving people – doctors and nurses at the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital (VNCH) in Hanoi – the knowledge and tools to care for the very youngest and most critically-ill patients in the region. Our medical lead for the program, Dr. Colin Partridge, is a Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of… read more →

“Hello. My name’s Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy. I was born in Hanoi. I’ve been working as a nurse at the ICU of the National Hospital of Pediatrics (NHP) for 20 years. It’s been such a long time. Despite the heavy workload, I really love and stick with my job.” Learn more from the nurses in Vietnam: During our trip to Vietnam this past January, we sat down with the Pediatric ICU (PICU) nurses and physicians at the National Hospital of Pediatrics (renamed the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in April) to learn more about them and their experience with Global Healing.… read more →

It first appeared in the 1950s. Now more than half the world’s population is at risk of infection. Learn about the dengue virus and the research we are supporting in Roatán to protect public health in Honduras and beyond. What is dengue? Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection characterized by flu-like symptoms including fever, rash and muscle/joint pain. There are four strains of the virus; once you are exposed to one you become immune to that strain, but it is possible to be infected by all four strains over time. Repeated exposure to the different strains increases your risk… read more →

What do blood safety, the Republic of Georgia, and fly-fishing all have in common? They are some of the diverse interests of our incredible volunteer Ruth Sylvester! She is the Director of Regulatory Services at America’s Blood Centers and has been volunteering with Global Healing since 2013. Currently, she is the Quality Management Trainer for our Georgian National Blood Safety Reform Program, launched in 2011 to improve the availability of safe blood in the Republic of Georgia. What do you find most rewarding about your volunteer work? I’ve been very fortunate in my life and have always had a desire… read more →

As we transition our content (program updates, volunteer features and relevant news) from our Newsletter page to the Global Healing blog, we want to make sure you can still access all of our past articles. Here you can find all of our previously published digital newsletter content. In the future, visit our blog to learn the latest about our organization and the impact of our work around the world. Issue Download Fall/Winter 2015: Volume VIII, Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2015: Volume VIII, Issue 1 Fall 2014: Volume VII, Issue 1 Fall 2013: Volume VI, Issue 2 Spring 2013: Volume VI, Issue 1 Fall… read more →