Author: Jake Feuerstein

Today was our final work day in Makeni. We only had Makeni Regional Government scheduled for the day, so we were able to get some rest after our Freetown trip and begin our day at 10:30. We traveled to the hospital with Prof. Mehta and the AISHA team, since they were also doing a presentation […]

Tuesday was a slow day for the team. Anticipating our beach trip on Wednesday, we wanted to tie off as many loose ends as possible while also preparing for our workshop at Makeni Regional Hospital on Thursday. Thus, most of Tuesday was spent updating our presentation and making sure our blogs were up to date.  […]

In the morning, we started off by meeting with the medical research unit of Masanga, and we met two female researchers from Europe. One was a medical doctor from the Netherlands pursuing her PhD, who was currently in Africa to do fever-related research. The other woman was a medical student from Germany who was focusing […]

This morning, we started our day off with a trip to Makama Hospital. We had previously visited this facility to view antenatal care day, so because of our curiosity to learn more, we knew we had to come back for an opportunity to interview and talk with healthcare workers. That is exactly what we were […]

  Day 10 was more of an office day. The team needed to regroup and think through some of the collected data.  Although the team has made some significant strides in building a network for dissemination of educational materials in Sierra Leone, there’s been a lack of clarity on what our specific research focus is. […]

Freetown On Monday, the group decided to split up to cover more ground before Fieldwork ends. Hamsa and Chibugo met Dr. Cheng in Freetown and visited a few spots there, while Norman and Jake stayed in Makeni and visited a nursing school. During our interview with Ms. Gabba at the Sickle Cell Society, we dove […]

Upon waking up and making our way to the main meeting room of the hotel, we were surprised to see several wooden statues, bracelets, and other purchasable souvenirs laid out on the table near the edge of the room. A local was eagerly selling the trinkets to us and the other students staying at the […]

After a long flight, we finally arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone on August 6th at around 6 pm. Fortunately, all of our luggage was waiting for us when we arrived at the international airport in Freetown. After a short time spent gathering our belongings and finding Khanjan and Kelley outside, we piled onto the bus […]