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Into Africa, Out of Academia - A Doctor's Memoir (Paperback)
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Into Africa, Out of Academia - A Doctor's Memoir (Paperback)
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In 2006, Kwan Kew Lai left her full-time position as a professor in
the United States to provide medical humanitarian aid to the remote
villages and the war-torn areas of Africa. This memoir follows her
experiences from 2006 to 2013 as she provided care during the
HIV/AIDs epidemics, after natural disasters, and as a relief doctor
in refugee camps in Kenya, Libya, Uganda and in South Sudan, where
civil war virtually wiped out all existing healthcare facilities.
Throughout her memoir, Lai recounts intimate encounters with
refugees and internally displaced people in camps and in hospitals
with limited resources, telling tales of their resilience,
unflinching courage, and survival through extreme hardship. Her
writing provides insight into communities and transports readers to
heart-achingly beautiful parts of Africa not frequented by the
usual travelers. This is a deeply personal account of the huge
disparities in the healthcare system of our "global village" and is
a call to action for readers to understand the interconnectedness
of the modern world, the needs of less developed neighbors, and the
shortcomings of their healthcare systems.
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