Back to PNG in the middle of a long stretch away from home! It’s been too long…we were last there in 2016. The election pretty much stopped everything for a year. Nothing happens during the election cycle since everyone is preoccupied in manipulating the system for their own benefit. And attacking anyone who is doing…
International Congress in Dhulikhel
Dr. Kerr had the honor of being invited as a guest speaker at the First International Congress of the German Nepal Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology held 10-12 October 2017 at Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, Kavre, Nepal. This was one in long chain of collaborations of Dr. Kerr and Dr. Hauswald, The University of…
Disasters and Disaster Response – Why Earthquakes are Not Always a Big Deal Except to NGOs
People have been asking about the New Guinea earthquake and what they can do to help. I must confess that I am a bit blasé about it. We have responded to the earthquakes in Haiti in 2010 and were in Nepal in 2015 during their earthquake. Earthquakes are scary and often bad. In Haiti the…
Cuba 2018
We just spent two weeks in Cuba. Most nights were on a Lindblad / National Geographic ship but days were almost all on the island. We got to see several cities as well as forests and birds (five new lifers!). Cuba is beautiful and the people are friendly – overall the trip was a joy….
Nepal August 2017
We are back in Nepal at Kathmandu University, teaching and following up on our previous projects. The new version Ball and Binder works as well as the old one but is more comfortable, simpler and much more robust. Everyone we talked to before leaving the USA thought we would have “fun” and I guess we…
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