by Corina Milic | Jan 18, 2018
Six years ago, I faced a major crossroads in my life. After serving almost two decades in uniform, the last five of which I oversaw strategic operations for the Indian Navy, I was presented with the option of either taking on a lucrative career with one of the major...
by Corina Milic | Jan 3, 2018
In 2011, diarrhea was the leading killer of children under the age of five in Kenya. So the IKEA Foundation, the Kenyan government and CHAI went to work to make treatment more affordable and to train healthcare workers and educate caregivers in order to save the lives...
by Corina Milic | Dec 22, 2017
I joined CHAI as a volunteer in February 2003. I had just graduated with a Master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and returned home to Kenya. While on the job hunt, a friend of mine volunteering with CHAI from McKinsey and Company asked if I...
by Corina Milic | Dec 22, 2017
This World AIDS Day, we celebrate the tremendous progress that has been made in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with more than 20 million people living with HIV accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) as of today. The incredible scale up of ART in...
by Corina Milic | Dec 1, 2017
I grew up privileged. Access to clean water, food, health care, and education was never an issue during my childhood in California. While we were never wealthy from an American perspective, we always had enough to meet our basic needs. This privilege is something most...
by Corina Milic | Dec 1, 2017
It was the spring of 1998, while working as a clinician in Lesotho, that I first realized the terrible impact that HIV would have on my country. Patients were growing sicker by the day, and at times I thought I might not even have any more patients to care for within...
