Category Archives: Latest News

LTFHC and Dr. Amy Lehman highlighted in Tanzanian Press!

The Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian recently published two stories featuring the LTFHC. Check them out! A profile on LTFHC Founder and CEO Dr. Amy Lehman: “Meet the woman breaking boundaries in healthcare“* A feature on our upcoming reproductive health outreach … Continue reading

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LTFHC/WAVE visits Asia

In April, LTFHC/WAVE Founder and CEO Dr. Amy Lehman traveled to Singapore to represent our work at the Chicago Booth School of Business’s celebration of 15 years in Asia. Amy delivered the keynote address at the event, as well as … Continue reading

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Announcing WAVE’s next policy paper: Water-based Health Care, Have We Missed the Boat?

We are pleased to share with you the executive summary of our forthcoming white paper, “Water-based Health Care: Have We Missed the Boat?” Our purpose in publishing this paper is to introduce the concept of “water-based communities” and the unique interventions … Continue reading

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LTFHC’s Study on Bed Net Misuse Featured in New York Times

As part of our ongoing work in the Lake Tanganyika Basin, we were so glad to serve as a resource to journalist Jeffrey Gettleman in preparation of his article, “Meant to Keep Malaria Out, Mosquito Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In,” featured in … Continue reading

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Updates from the field: South Kivu

Data collection is absolutely vital to our work– it is how we build a greater understanding of the challenges and barriers in the Lake Tanganyika Basin so that we can better design interventions and serve the populations living there and address their needs. … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Amy– Chicagoan of the Year!

We are so proud to announce that our Founder & CEO Dr. Amy Lehman is a Chicago magazine Chicagoan of the Year. Thank you to Chicago Magazine for this honor. Watch Chicago Magazine’s video interview with Amy here. >>

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Launch of our first policy paper, “From Curse to Cure”

Earlier this year we announced our new brand, WAVE, which encompasses our broadened scope of work in policy and advocacy, in addition to the programmatic work of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic. With this in mind, Founder and CEO … Continue reading

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Our London event was a great success!

We were incredibly pleased with the turnout from our London fundraiser on June 12th. Held at the prestigious 5 Hertford club in Mayfair, our breakfast event was attended by over 30 individuals representing both the public and private sectors.  Mr. Simon … Continue reading

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LTFHC Is A Clinton Global Initiative Featured Commitment!

Installation of solar panels at a rural health clinic   The Clinton Global Initiative has highlighted our work as one of their featured commitments. Check it out on the CGI website! Big thanks to CGI for this honor.

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Dr. Amy Lehman receives 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from Chicago Booth

Join us in celebrating LTFHC Founder and CEO Dr. Amy Lehman, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2014 Young Alumni Award recipient. In tandem with the award, Chicago Booth Magazine recently published a comprehensive article about Amy and … Continue reading

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