Faith and Healthcare
in the Developing World
3:10 PM • Stoneman Classroom
The state of healthcare in the developing world demands attention. Indeed, in light of crises like the HIV/AIDS pandemic, many consider global health one of the most important issues of our day. Yet, there is much debate over what an improved healthcare system should look like, how to achieve it, and who should design and implement it. What is the goal of global healthcare in the 21st century? Is healthcare a human right, or a privilege for those who can access and afford it? Further, how do faith commitments come into play - for healthcare itself, for those implementing and providing it, and for those who need it most?
Moderator
Craig Parker
Former Director, Navigators at Dartmouth College
Chairman of the Board, Lwala Community Alliance
Craig Parker is the campus director for the Navigators Christian Fellowship at Boston University. Craig has served on the staff of The Navigators, an international, non-denominational Christian organization for 30 years. For 17 years he was the campus director of the Navigators Christian Fellowship at Dartmouth College, where he led 14 service trips to seven U.S. inner cities and four countries. Craig has worked as a recruiting partner of two children’s relief organizations in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Ain Leuh, Morocco. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Lwala Community Alliance where he specializes in fund-raising and networking. Craig became involved with Lwala through his friendship with Fred Ochieng’ who was an active member of the Navigators at Dartmouth. Craig and his wife Nancy have four children and three grandchildren.
Panelists
Fred Ochieng’, MD D’05
Co-founder, Lwala Community Alliance
Fred Ochieng’ D’05 grew up in the small rural village of Lwala in western Kenya, one of six children of schoolteacher parents. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2005, and received his M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2010. He is currently a first-year resident in the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics program at Vanderbilt.
With his brother Milton D’04, Fred founded the Lwala Community Alliance and built the Ochieng’ Memorial Lwala Community Health Center, in honor of their parents, both of whom died of AIDS. The Ochieng’ brothers are the subject of the documentary Sons of Lwala, which follows their story from the inception of their father’s dream of a clinic in Lwala, through their parents’ deaths, to the opening day of the Lwala Community Health Center.
Sara Stulac, MD MPH
Clinical Director, Partners in Health - Rwanda
Sara Stulac, MD, MPH graduated with degrees in medicine and public health from Tufts University in 2002. Dr. Stulac completed her residency in pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2005. She is the Clinical Director of Partners In Health in Rwanda, where she has lived since 2005 working with PIH and the Rwandan Ministry of Health to develop systems of rights-based, comprehensive medical care for children and families in Rwanda. Dr. Stulac works at a network of hospitals and health centers in three districts in rural Rwanda where she has contributed to the development of hospitals, a primary healthcare infrastructure and community-based HIV care. Dr. Stulac provides direct mentorship to a team of nurses and doctors in program development and clinical care, and conducts clinical research. Dr. Stulac's clinical focus has been on developing programs for pediatric HIV prevention and treatment, as well as for malnutrition care, inpatient pediatrics, and pediatric oncology. Recently, she has taken on a new role within PIH's Boston-based headquarters to oversee pediatrics programs and improve the quality of pediatric care across all PIH country sites. Dr. Stulac is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as well as a Research Associate in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
