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NPR—Agnes Binagwaho Is A Doctor With ‘Sassitude’

October 28, 2017

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in NPR. Years before she became the health minister of Rwanda, Agnès Binagwaho tried to lock a fellow pediatrician in a hospital room. She saw a doctor…

National Catholic Reporter: ‘Bending the Arc’ documents group’s fight to save lives in developing countries

October 27, 2017

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in the National Catholic Reporter.  In 1983 Ophelia Dahl, the 18-year-old daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal and noted children’s author Roald Dahl (who wrote Charlie and…

Washington Post—World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come ‘sooner than we expect’

October 24, 2017

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in The Washington Post. The government ministers were facing a new infectious disease outbreak. The mysterious virus was sickening and killing people with alarming speed. Some patients…

Washington Post—The uplifting story of a determined trio who improved health care in poor nations

October 21, 2017

Excerpt from an article originally published in the Washington Post. Does the arc of the moral universe really bend toward justice, as American abolitionist Theodore Parker famously said? It didn’t look that way when…

SF Gate—‘Bending the Arc’ an inspiring doc about changing the world

October 18, 2017

Excerpt from an article originally published in SF Gate. “Bending the Arc,” an inspiring documentary about medical students who went on to redefine health care on a global scale, is a compelling tale about…

Forbes—How Seed Global Health Is Using Education To Reduce Global Health Inequities

Excerpt taken from an article originally published in Forbes. Some people can pinpoint the exact moment that inspired their career path. For Dr. Vanessa Kerry, the founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, it…

Why I’m an Advocate

October 17, 2017

My cousin and her baby died during childbirth. Beyond the staggering loss, the part that hurts the most is that their deaths were preventable. They almost certainly would have lived had my cousin been…

CBS—Two doctors fight conventional wisdom to change public health

October 14, 2017

“Bending the Arc” is a new documentary that chronicles the journey of idealistic young doctors who helped change the way public health issues are addressed in developing nations. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr.…

LA Times on Bending the Arc: “Genuinely stirring”

October 13, 2017

While caped, biologically enhanced avengers dominate multiplexes, the documentary “Bending the Arc” — about the intrepid men and women behind the global healthcare nongovernmental organization Partners in Health — chronicles what real-world heroes look…

Boston Globe Review: ‘Bending the Arc’ is a triumph

The 19th-century Boston Unitarian preacher Theodore Parker is quoted as saying “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am…