12.28.08 - 01.16.09 Mission to Duk Payuel, South Sudan
After spending Christmas at home in Maryland, I took off on this latest circumnavigation of the globe, arriving at Duk Payuel in South Sudan. Included in the six bags of supplies the team transported is the start of the DOTS Tb program, one of the main priorities I had established on my last visit to the clinic. Almost immediately, the gear was put to use, diagnosing a case of the AFB (acid fast bacilli) strain in a relatively young woman, the first among many clinically suspicious cases.
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