How can I save a life / When that life is the structure that itself gives and takes life? / How can I give a patient back their breath / When the patient has been gasping for thousands of years / And I am just one small pair of lungs?
My mother, a poet and surgeon, used to run a mile outside every day. She was a self-declared member of the by-your-own-honor club, whose only dictate was that every member must—you guessed it—run at least one mile outside, every day. For six years, come rain or shine, sleet or...
Equitable provision of clean water is the most basic public health service: without it, individuals are at risk for infection from ingesting unsafe water and the lack of personal hygiene. Therefore, governments that allocate water based on factors such as socioeconomic status directly hinder the health of their citizens.