Category Archives: Press

Helping others makes you happy! 31 August. This day is always special, as it’s my sister Tina’s birthday. But in 2020, it was set to become even more special in many ways. We had five births on that day, and none of them went quite …

“Just wanting to do good isn’t enough”

DRK blog 12/2011 DRK blog: Ethiopia – Thoughts on water (archive version)

“Giving children a life”

Effective protection against mosquitoes by Dr. med. Dirk Englisch, MD 130 of the approximately 1,500 species of mosquitoes bite – though only the females do so – as they require the protein components of blood for egg production. Mosquitoes are capable of transmitting diseases (malaria, …

NEWS FROM THE REGIONAL DOCTOR Uganda’s successful fight against HIV/AIDS Dr. med. Dirk Englisch, MD – Regional Medical Officer, German Embassy, Nairobi As early as the 1980s, Uganda experienced the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS, with an alarming rise in HIV/AIDS-related mortality and case-fatality rates. By …