59: OP#8/Malawi: day 9

Up at 5 for a 4+ hr ride to bland, the "commercial" center of Malawi, for the annual medical conference sponsored by the country's only medical school. There was some concern that we would have problems with the nation's chronic gas shortage (due to low foreign reserves), but we were okay.  


Some of the topics:

1.  in a survey of Malawan doctors, 65% expressed "general satisfaction" with their work. A recent survey of American doctors found 80% agreeing with the statement, "I like being a physician," but the same survey showed that 30% would like to change jobs or professions.

2.  Current HIV treatment recommends triple drug therapy, Malawi can afford only one.