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Summer 2016: Step 2!

May 24, 2016 | Summer 2016 Today, we visited the Chief Health Officers (CHOs) of Binkolo, Kapathe, and Kamabai Public Health Units (PHUs)...

May 24, 2016 | Summer 2016 This morning we made many preparations for our first scenario meetings so that we have all the paperwork and...

This morning, we continued to work on our GHTC paper and completed to rearrange our posters to fit different scenarios. We made our...

May 19, 2016 | Summer 2016 Early in the day, half of our team members visited the Holy Spirit Hospital again to talk to the nurse who...

May 19, 2016 | Summer 2016 Our first goal of the day was to talk to two Chief Medical Officers (CHOs) about their work at their PHUs as...

May 17, 2016 | Summer 2016 This morning, we met with the Chief Health Officer (CHO) of Kagbere Community Health Center (CHC) at the...

May 17, 2016 | Summer 2016 This morning, the Ukweli test strip team visited Amara, the District Pharmacist. Today we visited two of five...

May 15, 2016 | Summer 2016 Today, the team was able to meet with a diabetic patient thanks to the help of Hassan, a local translator who...

May 15, 2016 | Summer 2016 To further clarify our perceptions of Sierra Leonean health care and the local knowledge and treatment of...

May 14, 2016 | Summer 2016 This morning, we met with Dr. Kamara, Bombali District Medical Officer (DMO), in Makeni to receive approval...

May 12, 2016 | Summer 2016 Penn State Team Before arrival, many important preparations were taken care of in order to aid in our research...

Conclusion of time in Zambia: Forty percent of pregnant women will contract a UTI at some point during their nine-month...

Conclusions: 1. Teslin paper is not a good choice. Regular printer paper gives a good color change but is flimsy and must be attached to...