Again I’m going to talk about a preventable and treatable disease that sadly is widespread in Ethiopia: Trachoma. Ethiopia has the highest index of blindness in the world, being trachoma responsible for a third of the cases. The word "trachoma", derived from ancient Greek, means “rough eye”, and [...]

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Who could have thought that a pair of shoes could be so important for preventing a terrible disease? While most of us consider shoes to be a basic element in our wardrobe and sometimes a fashion statement, for many people can be the difference between life and death. [...]

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At a recent check up with my doctor discovered that I have very low levels of vitamin D in my body. That made me think about the subject of vitamin D levels in children and specially in children of dark skin. People with dark skin can’t absorb well vitamin D, since the [...]

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We knew that there was a high probability that our children were somewhat sick when we brought them home from Ethiopia. Both of them were very congested (and still are) as most of the children at the orphanage. Feromsa turned out to have giardia and tapeworms and now we discovered that he also has ringworm [...]

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