December 2009
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Life at the Clinic
In a remote health facility like the Duk Lost Boys Clinic, many of the conditions here are rarely seen in the Western world. As Dr. David Reed, one of the John Dau Foundation’s medical advisors, put it, “diseases that are routine here are ones we only read about in the textbooks during medical school.” Things like diarrhea or fevers can easily turn life-threatening in this...
HIV/AIDS in South Sudan
The whole world knows about the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Over the past decade, awareness has grown to household knowledge in the West about the disease—how it’s transmitted, its effects on the body, and what it has wrecked throughout the world—there still remain people who have never heard of the disease or who know little about it, let alone have access to education,...
A typical night in Sudan
It was around 4am early Sunday morning when there were whispers outside the staff’s living area. “Victor, Vic, Vic” someone said softly outside Victor’s tent—the staff live in tents and an old shipping container—arousing the Clinic’s pharmacist, Victor. The day before, most of the staff had been in and out of the Clinic at various times. Saturdays...
2009 Caring Award Interview Video
John Dau’s 2009 Caring Award winner interview video. Read more here.
World AIDS Day
The Duk Lost Boys Clinic hosted its first-ever event for World AIDS Day on December 1. World AIDS Day happened to occur the same day that a medical team from the John Dau Foundation arrived to inspect the Clinic’s operations and help train staff.
Immediately after getting off the plane, the team headed to the village square, where the community gathered to welcome the visitors and thank...
Cerebral Malaria Video
Clinics Rising brings us a new video from the Duk Lost Boys Clinic documenting a child’s case of Cerebral Malaria:
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JDF Trains Traditional Birth Attendants
The Duk Lost Boys Clinic trained its first group of Traditional Birth Attendants this past week. Led by the Clinic’s Midwife and one of its nurses, the week-long session brought together women from every part of Duk County, teaching them about safe birthing practices, hygiene, and pre-natal care.
These women have traditionally helped deliver babies in villages but without any formal...