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More flooding in the Chaco
Last year I had a lot of problems accessing my study communities because of heavy rains and flooding. But they are calling this year’s flooding the worst in 14 years. Integrationville and Isolationville were cut off by flooding over three weeks ago, and a State of Emergency has been declared for the entire Chaco region […]
Posted in: Fieldwork
Camping in Ybycu’i National Park
March 26, 2012
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I am still waiting for permission to start new data collection in the Chaco. In the meantime I keep busy in Asunción by analyzing last year’s samples in the lab during the week, and I’ve been looking for fun things to do on weekends. So I was really excited to be invited on the annual […]
Posted in: Places in Paraguay
It’s World TB Day
March 24, 2012
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It’s World TB Day. Some links for you: The current situation with the spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB is alarming. The best prevention for tuberculosis is finding and successfully treating patients. We urgently need to improve case finding, diagnosis, and treatment. How can you help? Put pressure on your government to restore funding to […]
Posted in: Global Health, Tuberculosis
Rounds with the Unidad de Salud Familiar (Family Health Unit)
March 23, 2012
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My last post has an awesome video produced by a USF in the Paraguayan Chaco. They work in the area of the Chaco where my four new study communities are located. Today I’m going to share some photos from a couple of days spent with another USF (the one responsible for my original two study […]
Posted in: Global Health
On the front lines of global health
March 3, 2012
Paraguay is rolling out a new primary healthcare strategy called Atencion Primaria a Salud (A.P.S.). I mentioned it last year when I attended a workshop on health promotion and leprosy. Basically, the Ministry of Health is trying to provide a Unidad de Salud Familiar (U.S.F.), that is a “Family Health Unit”, consisting of a doctor, […]
Posted in: Global Health
Why did the yacare cross the road?
February 27, 2012
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So I could finally get a photo of a live one!! (As opposed to dead ones.)
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Working with vulnerable communities
February 24, 2012
While my community meetings have always ended on a very positive note, I want to be clear that it is not easy to establish a good working relationship in vulnerable communities. You don’t just waltz into town one day and they welcome you with open arms. My previous post may give that impression, but we […]
Introduction to the new study communities
February 7, 2012
During the last year I was in Paraguay, I was working exclusively in two study communities. Both were Nivacle communities, but one was more integrated with the outside world (it was accessible by public transportation and home to a church mission, hence I nicknamed it ‘Integrationville’), and one was more isolated and difficult to access […]
Posted in: Fieldwork, Places in Paraguay
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April 15, 2012
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