Martha Sommers is the only long-term doctor at the Embangweni Hospital in Malawi, serving a large rural area in a country where 25 percent of the population is HIV positive and one in four children don't live to see their fifth birthday. "I've grown so much by journeying with Malawian friends," says Martha, "and thank God for how they have picked me up when I have tripped, made sure I was not alone with illness, and taught me to enter into grief and grab joy." She guardedly believes this past year's marked drop in malaria and malnutrition is the success of ongoing prevention programs such as the distribution of malaria nets. |
