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Located at the junction of Malawi’s main rail line and the busy M8 highway, the southern town of Balaka is a small but active transportation hub, visited daily by people travelling for business or pleasure. It is a stopover between Lilongwe, the national capital, and Blantye, an important commercial city further south. Although there is little
“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back” – Louis Riel Sioux Artist Maxine Noel has generously donated proceeds from her ‘Spirit of the Woodlands’ art collection to Dignitas International’s Indigenous Health Partners Program. Maxine was first introduced to Dignitas’
Starting in late 2016, Dignitas partnered with a large HIV test, treat, and care consortium called EQUIP. Funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to help achieve the UNAIDS 90-90-90 treatment targets, the consortium has been established to implement a WHO-endorsed treat-all approach for people living with HIV. Known as Test and Treat, the
Back in April 2016, we reported that Dignitas International Co-Founder Dr. James Orbinski was chosen for one of Canada’s most prestigious medical awards, the Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The award recognizes physicians that make big personal sacrifices, often exposing themselves to risk. The Royal College also put
We recently caught up with Dr. Alika Lafontaine, an Indigenous physician of Cree and Anishinaabe heritage. Dr. Lafontaine is the President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada and lectures across the country about the impact of bias, discrimination and racism on patient care, and why addressing these issues lie at the core of improving
Photo: Dr. Megh Raj Jagriti, Dignitas International’s Malawi Country Director, displays a message on his hand in support of the UN campaign Hands Up for HIV Prevention on World AIDS Day 2017. By Dr. Megh Raj Jagriti, Dignitas International’s Malawi Country Director On World AIDS Day, we join millions of people around the world commemorating
For close to three decades every December 1st, people around the world come together to observe World AIDS Day and pay their respects to the millions of people who have lost their lives to the epidemic. Since it first started in 1988, World AIDS Day has helped raise awareness about the impact HIV and AIDS
Dignitas International participated in this year’s Malawi Research and Best Practices Dissemination Conference, which took place in Lilongwe’s Bingu International Convention Center on November 24th. The country’s National AIDS Commission (NAC) organized the Conference. Chief of Health Services in the Malawi Ministry of Health Dr. Charles Mwansambo was the guest of honour who officially opened
In its mission to deliver quality and timely care, Dignitas International (DI) has developed mHealthTip, a Short Message Service (SMS) application that allows patients to receive health-related information on their mobile phones as a text message. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DI’s Data/ICT, Medical and Research Departments collaborated with Zomba
On November 9th, Dignitas hosted a special advanced charity screening of ARRIVAL at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre, followed by a cocktail reception at the stylish Storys Building a few blocks away. We’re very happy to report that over 300 people came out for the night, helping us raise over $100,000. Events like this are important to