Her first morning in Roatán, Honduras, Lia Thompson stood on the island’s one paved road at 7 a.m. hailing a taxi. “I was a little overwhelmed at first,” Lia says with a laugh, “but it’s actually really easy. You just stand on the side of the road you want to go down. It’s a cool little island.” Soon enough, a cab came along and took Lia to the Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic (RVPC), where she would spend the next five weeks as a Health Education & Advocacy Liaisons (HEAL) intern. A health science major at Furman University in South Carolina,… read more →
Global Healing: looking to 2018. It’s Halloween, so we’ll come out and say it: change can be scary. Here at Global Healing and at our program sites around the world, lots of changes are underway. Rather than spooked, we’re excited for what’s to come. You will be, too, when you read about the new people, practices and projects we’re involved with into next year to improve care for children and mothers worldwide. NEW PEOPLE From the tiniest of patients to new mothers, our team of committed volunteers prepare local medical staff to provide healing care to children and mothers in… 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 →