Category: Health

• Lesley on Africa practices small talk

  April 17, 2016

  Health, South Africa, South Sudan, Travel

  On my About Me page, I alluded to the possibility of writing about my experience traveling in Africa – to add an entertaining counterweight to my more analytical rants and musings on the events unfolding on the continent. The following is a story about my attempt to bridge the gap between my previous work on conflict and Read.

• The time I got acronymed into submission

  February 22, 2016

  Health, Security Cooperation, South Africa

  Apologies for my unscheduled blogging hiatus. In addition to dissertating, I’ve been learning more about U.S.-Africa relations outside of security assistance and trying to find linkages to what I know best. Like the time I suggested that assistance to health systems should also be harmonized to address infectious disease among trans-border populations based on my Read.