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Unite for Sight: A Student’s Independent Global Health Project in Ghana
UBC students have a variety of opportunities to get involved in Global Health, including the Global Health Initiative and the CFMS Student Exchange Program. However, some students find their own independent path towards global health participation. Sanjeeva Rajapakse (MD 2019) reflects on his experiences in Ghana through the Yale Unite for Sight program. With the end of first year […]
In the Right Direction: Soroti 2016
Written by Laura Kim, MD 2019 Even though we had just gotten a tour of the Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, the four of us stood on one of the hospital’s many walkways, each pointing in different directions: we were only a two-minute walk from our guesthouse, but none of us knew which direction that walk […]
Shifting Focus: Nepal Sickle Cell 2016
Written by Monica McKeown, MD 2019 The one word that comes to mind when reflecting on our project this past year is “adaptable”. We went in with a concrete goal in mind: to continue the efforts of teams before us by screening members of the indigenous Tharu population in rural Nepal for sickle cell disease […]
An Ever Changing Series of Events: Uganda ACCESS 2016
Written by Kiran Rikhraj, MD 2019 “What does it mean to engage in a Global Health experience?” This question was often posed to my 3 teammates and I during training sessions prior to our 5-week research trip to Uganda. Our answers often consisted of phrases such as “working with local health authorities, engaging with community […]
A Comparison of Healthcare and Culture: Taiwan 2016
Written by Peter Wang, MD 2019 The focus of the GHI project in Taiwan is to connect medical students from Taiwan, Canada, and United States to share and exchange information about each countries’ health care system and medical education program. For a two-week duration, Canadian and American pre-med and medical students were brought to many […]
One Door at a Time: Kenya 2016
Written by Kelly Leslie, MD 2019 This year’s GHI Kenya team had an incredible experience in rural Kenya working with the community to increase awareness of mental illness and decrease stigma! In Kenya, GHI works in collaboration with Partners in Community Transformation (PCT), a local grassroots NGO located in the Kisumu region that is passionate […]
An Assault on the Senses: Health Trek Nepal 2016
Written by Kia Dullemond, MD 2019 Last summer, 7 UBC medical students went to Patan, Nepal, just outside Kathmandu. A brilliant assault on the senses, Nepal is a country rich in history, culture, and natural beauty. Taking the lead on projects developed by previous iterations of Health Trek Nepal (HTN), we focused on two different […]
E is for Elephant: Spiti 2016
Written by Shandel Riedlinger, MD 2019 It was only after a 16-hour drive from Delhi to Manali, and half way through another 12-hour drive from Manali into the Spiti Valley, that I realized I was truly spending the next month in the middle of nowhere. The roads had become worse, turning from rough pavement to […]