Tomorrow I'll be taking off on my first ever international outreach! Ever since I decided on a career in dentistry, international work has been something that I've wanted to do. We'll be departing from JFK at 9AM and landing in Port-au-Prince early afternoon. I'll be traveling with For Hope International, which is an agency that a friend of mine traveled with last year. Our team consists of 30 volunteers who will be providing medical, dental, optometry and physical therapy services. With the craziness of the holidays, I've learned a bit of Haitian Creole to speak to the natives. I've heard some speak English, and Spanish which is great and I hope I run into them! I'll be keeping something of a journal of the adventure, and plan to bombard blogspot with pictures and stories when I return.
In terms of prophylaxis I've already been equipped with the Hep vaccines, MMR and others from my entrance into dental school, so the only supplement I needed was a typhoid vaccine. I also began Malarone, for malaria prophylaxis yesterday. The pill makes me a bit lethargic but that also could be a side effect from the constant eating of the holiday...nonetheless it's nothing significant.
But for now, back to Christmas festivities, Happy Holidays to all!
A dental student's journal.
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