Olivia Heads East

A documentation of my time as an intern with "Western Heads East", The University of Western Ontario's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

End of March-Mid April

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NIMR /BUGANDO MICROBIOLOGY LAB First to get some lab updates out of the way... In order to test the “contamination” in the yoghurt that show...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Playing catch-up (The past three weeks have flown by)

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Summary of the past few weeks/happenings in Mwanza up to and including March 21st...: -Joke’s trial is up and running, with all 153 patients...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

WEEK 5 IN MWANZA (The Medical Research Begins!)

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A SUMMARY OF WEEK 5 HIGHLIGHTS (if you're too lazy to read the whole post): -We have packaging and label design for it. Now, we have fou...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Highlights of Weeks 3 and 4 in Mwanza (A month has passed, like no time at all)

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On Monday, we had our weekly meeting with the mamas at 4 PM, so we went to the kitchen in the late morning. On our way, we found buns and on...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

PROGRESS REPORT (Jan-Feb)

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Moringa project • Visited Adilisha (company that grows and produces moringa products outside Mwanza) • Purchased moringa powder and seeds ...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

"It's The African Way" (What more can I say?)

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It’s been a little over a week since my last blog post, so I know this is a little overdue (I wrote this on Sunday, but the internet was bei...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

WEEK 1 (January 24th-January 30th)

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MAMBO! (Hi! How are things?) This is the first time I've accessed internet since last Sunday! (I must have set some new personal record....
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Importance of HIV/AIDS Awareness

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“Stigma and discrimination associated with AIDS delays treatment and care for HIV-positive people, and prevents people coming forward for te...
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Outline of Major Research Endeavors

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Part of my internship includes doing some scientific research at NIMRI, the National Institute of Medical Research in Mwanza, Tanzania. I am...
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