Endometriosis (say "en-doh-mee-tree-OH-sus") is a problem many women have during their childbearing years. It means that a type of tissue that lines your uterus is also growing outside your uterus. This does not always cause symptoms. And it usually is not dangerous. But it can cause pain and other problems.

This post should be required reading for every physician in this country. A physician finds a document on a chair in his hospital executive’s waiting room and reads through it, then realizes it is a manifesto on how to dis-empower physicians and put hospital administrators in control of patient care. The document’s title: How to Discourage A Doctor While the physician implies that he transcribed the information from memory, the formatting breaks and text errors in the document make it appear as if the document was scanned and then the text pasted.

The breadth and spread of Nairobi’s healthcare facilities can be daunting to locals, leave alone visitors coming from other counties or even foreigners. Facilities range from expensively equipped and well-resourced private hospitals, to somewhat wanting public facilities.