Noah and Matt went with Hassan, Naakesh, and two other teams to visit several PHUs around Makeni: Tambiama CHP, Panlap CHC, and New Hope Hospital. They had a list of questions prepared to ask nurses and other staff at these health facilities to get insight on their...

Day 2: The Ukweli Team spent the day visiting peripheral health units (PHUs) to interview PHU staff directly. Noah went to Makama Community Health Post and interviewed Sister Mariama, the Nurse in Charge (NIC) at Makama CHP. The questions asked during the interview...

Today was our second day in Sierra Leone, but we actually started our work today.  Our team has two subteams: operations for Ukweli and working on research for cervical cancer. We left our hotel at 9 AM and traveled to World Hope International where we began...

Ukweli Test Strips would like to officially welcome Tori Chan, MPA-MPH, as World Hope International’s new Health Director! Tori is an experienced non-profit and public health professional with 9+ years working with international organizations, charities, and...

In this edition of Ukweli adventures, one of our very own fierce warriors – the longest trooper at Lehigh to have stayed on the project – turned a whopping 22 years old today. Indeed, it was a birthday to remember. Cassidy Drost, 5’8″ hailing...

Finally. After a few hard-pressed days for the Ukweli squad (as our loyal readers will know from following the past few blog posts), we had ourselves a day. In fact, today was our best day of fieldwork yet. To start off, Sage, Cassidy and me had a stellar meeting with...

Today was a rough day for Ukweli, but we still accomplished as much of possible. At the beginning of the day, Zachary posted his daily meme of the day (which was a fire meme). The team figured out what Hassan will be doing during the interim period of time between...

Let me tell you a story. I want to share the Ukweli dream with you. The date is August 2025. We have our marketing license (finally) and we are selling our test strips to thousands of women across Sierra Leone. Hassan drives his new motorcycle to the Kamabi clinic...