Welcome to my first blog! I decided to start a blog to document my time in India and to keep friends and family updated while I’m away. I am working on my masters in public health at Boston University, concentrating in international health. I would like to work in global maternal and child health when I graduate so when I was looking for a practicum (part of the degree where students work) I knew I wanted it to be international and focused on MCH issues.
Why India? I’ve been getting that question a lot. I didn’t have my heart set on any one place in particular that I wanted to go. When I started looking for a practicum I looked for an organization that focuses on child health in developing countries in general. I was given a fantastic opportunity to work with the Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Global Health. This group is a team of researchers who aim to find scientifically valid methods for improving the health of children that can be used in low resource areas. They collaborate with a research team at the government hospital in Nagpur, India on multiple projects, so India it is!
I leave for Nagpur in two days and come back at the end of December. I'm sure that my life for the next four months will be very different from what I'm used - I'm looking forward to learning a lot and putting my public health training into practice, and sharing my journey with all of you!
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