During my family practice rotation I went to Panama for a couple of days to plan the future of VIDA in that country. We met with the chiefs of a community, Irgandi, where they have no access to doctors for 3 months of the year. They have problems with infant and maternal mortality rates during this time, diarrheal illnesses, malaria, dengue, and a list of other diseases. We are working with the health department to help teach the people simple things that they can do to help prevent illness along with building gardens to help with their nutrition. While there, we marched in the island breast cancer awareness campaign. It was a great trip and we got a lot of things planned. I also read A thousand years of Solitude, something not medical.
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ooohh, what did you think of a thousand years of solitude? I really love that book, except for the fact that everyone is named the same thing and it gets a little confusing :)
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