Figure: No Caption Available.In this volume of the Journal, 4 articles and an editorial are presented dealing with gastroenteritis in African children. The first author of the article from Blantyre, Malawi is Dr. George Kafulafula. We were deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. Kafulafula while the article was in the process of publication. George knew his important contribution was accepted but unfortunately did not live to see it published. George, married with 2 children, attended his primary and secondary education in Malawi. In 1992, he qualified as a medical doctor (MBBS), at the College of Medicine (COM), University of Malawi, having done the initial part of his medical training at the University of London in the United Kingdom. After completing his internship in 1994, he worked as a medical officer at a rural hospital in Malawi for 1 year, before he was appointed as an associate lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, COM, University of Malawi in 1995. From 1997 to 2000, he attended postgraduate training in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Natal, Republic of South Africa. In 2000, upon successfully completing his training was awarded the specialist qualification of Fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of South Africa. He also obtained Masters in Medicine from the University of Natal. In 2003, George was promoted to senior lecturer in the University of Malawi. In September 2009, George was posthumously promoted to the associate professor rank in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. At the time of his death, George was also the vice principal of the COM. Before being the vice principal, George was the head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, COM, University of Malawi. We knew George as a clinician, educator, and researcher. George was keen to promote medical education in Malawi and consistently advocated for the health of women and children. He served his peers as Secretary for the Medical Association of Malawi and the President of the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Malawi until the time of his death. He was also a member of the national task force for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Malawi. Internationally, he was respected by his peers and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group-a global program that conducts HIV research on children and mothers. George's death was sudden, untimely, and felt by so many-his family, his colleagues, friends, students, and patients. He will be greatly missed, but his mission will continue.