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Medicine in Nigeria

Jim — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:37:42 +0000

Sometimes I miss the longer posts out there because I simply don’t have time to read them all. But for some reason I did sit down and read this one, and it was worth it. Frank and Barbara Esselinks are in Nigeria for just a couple of months, doing medical work in Jos. Read in this post their experiences with the Nigerian census, work at the hospital and especially what happened when a very sick 1 year old girl was brought to the hospital. The post is called Hospital Life.

For more on the medical and cultural challenges in Nigeria, check out this post from Kids’ Doc in Jos, entitled Resistance (Paul). Again, a longer post and parts of it somewhat technical, but if you’re interested in the details of dealing with HIV this will give you some insight.