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Stories From The Field

*Warning: We Must Avert Drug Stock Outs - An Interview with Dr. Adrienne Chan, Dignitas's Medical Coordinator in Zomba, by Carol Devine

*Read the personal reflections of Paul Gross, who worked with Dignitas in Malawi as a medical resident.

*Dignitas International Partners with Health[e]Foundation

*Read about Phillip Masasa and how Dignitas helps support orphans & vulnerable children.

*Read about the celebration to mark 10,000 patients started on ARVs in Zomba. "There is no need for fear because ARVs are now available and accessible," said Zomba District Commissioner Atanazio Chibwana. 

*Watch an interview with James Fraser in which the Co-Founder and Executive Director discusses Dignitas's success and future in Malawi.

*Watch Kevin Sullivan interview Dr. Michael Schull about his work with the organization and his family relocating to Malawi.

*View a photo gallery featuring images of Rotarians & Friends from their April 2009 Sweat Equity Trip to Malawi.

*Read journal entries from Dr. Sameen Ahmed, who worked with Dignitas in Zomba in January/February 2009.

*Listen to Berrington Bandawe, the ARV clerk at Tisungane Clinic, share his story.

*Listen to Grace Mkalianinga and her grandson Emmanuel share their story.

*Watch the opening of the HIV/TB Clinic in April 2008 at Zomba Central Hospital.

*Listen to Rodrick Katimba, an expert patient at Tisungane Clinic, and Emma Chimatiro, a home-based care worker, tell their stories.

*Listen to Dr. Adrienne Chan (Dignitas's HIV Clinic Coordinator) and Gabriel Mateyu (Dignitas's Health Centre Coordinator) discuss the decentralization of treatment in Zomba District.

*Dignitas opens a new building for Pax Chingawale's community-based organization - Sakata Parents Against AIDS Organization. Please click here to view photos from the opening ceremony.

*A Lesson in Chichewa #1 - Munthu: Human Ndife Anthu: We are Human, by Carol Devine

*Dignitas Holds First HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Gender Empowerment Workshop

*Dignitas Opens a PMTCT Site on Chisi Island in Malawi

*Dignitas Supports Communities Through Motivator Program, by Goodwin Gondwe

*Dignitas Updates Traditional Authorities in Zomba, by Goodwin Gondwe

*"Meet Little Elron" from Positive: Scenes from a Visit to Malawi, by Kim Echlin

*Read more about Dignitas's Alice Kadzanja, featured in Stephanie Nolen's book 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa.

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In the video clip above, co-founders Dr. James Orbinski and James Fraser discuss Dignitas's work in Malawi. Watch more clips from the short film LIVING RESULTS, produced by Nick de Pencier Jennifer Baichwal. You can also watch more videos about our work on YouTube.


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