The Global Health Academic Concentration
Follow UC San Diego School of Medicine's GHAC students around the world.
In September 2017, the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda was hit by Category 5 Hurricane Irma. The eye of the storm passed directly over Barbuda, leaving a path of destruction in its wake and forcing the evacuation of the entire island. Nearly a decade later, Irma continues to cast a long shadow, shaping the … Continue reading What the Land Provides: Disaster, Development, and Disease in Barbuda
Migori is a lush, vibrant county in western Kenya, nestled near Lake Victoria and the Tanzanian border. I just finished my first year of medical school at UC San Diego and then began my summer global health journey through GHAC. My first stop was a weekend in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya where I stayed … Continue reading Hello (or Habari) from Migori, Kenya!