“There were also people who came to the clinics who weren’t sick but wanted a visit and the opportunity to get vitamins.”
“Amy and I were responsible for handing out prescriptions and counseling, and at times it was very difficult. At any given village we were dealing with four different languages and trying to communicate through translators – we relied on the Ghanaians to help us.”
“We had the opportunity to visit a United Nations refugee camp housing refugees from several surrounding countries. It was the first time they had a physician in the camp.”
“Many of the refugees spoke French, and it turned out there was a medicine student who lived in the area who also spoke French. He was very helpful and assisted us with the drug names. Otherwise we were really limited to giving people information on the number of pills they were receiving and when to take them.”
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