Reports from our pilot project in Northern Nigeria reveal that the used two-way radios we deployed are failing to work through the entire night shift. These used Motorola radios were provided as donations, and were never thought to be ideal

There are things that we absolutely take for granted in American medicine. For example, it would not occur to us that a hospital would not have running water, electricity, or a telephone. We anticipate attentive front-line care from nursing staff,