The Global Health Academic Concentration
Follow UC San Diego School of Medicine's GHAC students around the world.
When I think of my arrival in Botucatu, a small city in the Brazilian countryside, the first word that comes to mind is “hospitality.” From the first day, I was eagerly greeted and introduced to the town, which boasts two large university campuses, several historic buildings, and numerous nearby waterfalls. When I came to the … Continue reading A Lesson in Hospitality
Each morning begins with an 18-mile drive, a 0.5 mile walk across the border, and an Uber ride to the Tijuana General Hospital where I will see patients for the day. In the process I cross the busiest border in the world which also has the largest income disparity in the world. Additionally, this border … Continue reading Border Health: Tijuana
Though the project is ongoing, I thought I should let everyone know what I’ve been doing with all that GHAC funding! From June to August, I was in Maputo, Mozambique working with the incomparable Dr. Ana Olga Mocumbi endeavoring to assess the burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) on the Mozambican health system. The basic background … Continue reading Update: Assessment of the Impact of NCD on Mozambican Health System