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Destination – DAKAR!
Six years ago, almost to the day, I was in rural Ghana, lying under a mosquito net in a small, hot room, and I found myself in a state of feverish delirium so intense it is almost hard to describe. I...
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A lovely taxi ride in Dakar
1040am, a hot Thursday in Dakar – the time escaped me somehow, I intended on leaving the office at 1030. I was going to the Inspection Médicale des Écoles, and since it would be my first time there,...
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Share Fair
More than 60 million people volunteer globally each year. I believe everyone can help to make the world a better place – no matter if you do it locally or globally; if you do it regularly or from time...
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1 cancer, 3 experiences
I’m 2 months into my PULSE assignment. My experience has been made up of wonderful little moments, generally positive and light-hearted (e.g. successfully learning a few Wolof phrases, trying the...
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Two weeks in the field – Tambacounda & Ziguinchor
This month, I was fortunate enough to spend two weeks in two distant regions of Senegal, conducting a study on essential medicine and technologies for diabetes. In a nutshell, there is a gap in data on...
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“Your Talent is God’s Gift to You. What you do with it is Your Gift back to...
“Go Confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have dreamed".
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Home away from home
As I near the end of my assignment (3 weeks to go!), here are a mix of reflections, both on day-today life as well as work. Sometimes it feels like you’re so far away from home: When you play a staring...
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School’s Theatre Team Project: An initiative towards developing Good Society....
My thought towards re-structuring every corner of world to make it a lovely place to live.
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Introduction of Tailor-made Approach towards imparting Health Education to...
A Healthy Revolution is Underway in the Field of Mind - Body - Medicine & Spirit
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Innovate. Act. Change.
According to the 2013 estimates and projections of the Ministry of Health, there are about 382,000 MSM (men having sex with men), 72,000 FSW (female sex workers) and 271,000 PWID (people who inject...
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Final Blog – Reflections
The 6 months of my PULSE assignment with PATH in Dakar are now well over and I have travelled the 6,000+ KM to sit back in a Canadian GSK office. While I was in Dakar, I took two sets of photos to...
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I am Experiencing My Pulse Every Moment – Kindling Hope ♣ & Happiness Around ♥
"Hands Raised to Serve are More Blissful then Hands Raised to Pray".
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Ready or Not
So just finished PULSE 2016 Orientation. There is a lot to take in and process. Since getting accepted, matched and confirmed, there has been an onslaught of emotions. The best way to describe is...
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Welcome to My Village
Dear colleagues and friends, If you are receiving this email, it means that, we have worked together in various parts of my life. I would like to take you on my Pulse Journey! I anticipate this...
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Recommended?
So lots of little (and big) things to get done. Today I had an appointment with a travel doctor about vaccinations and medications to take to Viet Nam. I actually was going to cancel the appointment...
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The Sims
To set the scene let us look a little bit into my upbringing. I was the in-between generation. The one where we had a computer lab in high school, but you only used it once a week. We did not grow...
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The Journey Begins ….
Actually the journey began four months ago, back in January, when the Pulse1 email came out saying ‘The application deadline is nearly here!’. Did you know the origin of the term ‘deadline’ is from...
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CrunchTime
So all the usual suspects are there: excitement, anxiety, focus and gratitude. All the major stuff is done. Flight. Check. Hotel. Check. Visa. Check. Vaccines. Check. So in this crunch time...
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Travelling Light
« Unpacking» What does travelling light mean? Just a carry on? Just a suit case filled with technical clothing that I will end up not wearing while in Senegal? Travelling light means something quite...
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Voyager léger
Le strict nécessaire. Que veut dire “voyager léger”? Un simple bagage à main? Une valise remplie de vêtements de plein air que je ne porterai finalement pas au Sénégal? Voyager léger veut dire...
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