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From back to front, left to right: Dr. Susan Raines and Mike Mizwa, representatives from <strong>the</strong> Baylor College of Medicine, join Global Health Corps doctors YvonneButler and Josephine Reece in a meeting with Dr. Emmet A. Dennis (President of <strong>the</strong> University of Liberia), Dr. Wede Elliott-Brownell (Vice President of AcademicAffairs and Provost) and Deddeh Howard (<strong>Chevron</strong> Liberia Limited’s Social Investment Lead)Global Health Corps Doctors<strong>Chevron</strong>’s partnership with <strong>the</strong>Texas’s Children’s Global HealthCorps (GHC) through Baylor Collegeof Medicine has been an effectivemeans to combat Liberia’s maternaland neonatal morbidity. Thispartnership brought two GlobalHealth doctors to work in Ob/Gynand Pediatrics at John F. KennedyHospital, where <strong>the</strong>y mentorinternists and provide clinical carefor patients, helping to raise <strong>the</strong>institutional capacity of <strong>the</strong> hospital.Dr. Yvonne Butler and Dr. JosephineReece are both professors at BaylorCollege of Medicine and have bothsigned a one-year commitment withan option to renew with <strong>the</strong> GlobalHealth Corps.interns, physician assistants, nursesand o<strong>the</strong>r clinical providers at JFKMemorial Hospital and JFK-JapaneseFriendship Maternity Hospital.Since <strong>the</strong>ir arrival, <strong>the</strong>y haveperformed hundreds of surgeriesand seen over a thousandpatients. Additionally, DoctorsButler and Reece participated inknowledge sharing and proceduralimprovements to decrease <strong>the</strong> waittime before surgeries and introduceevidence-based medicine to improve<strong>the</strong> compliance with pre- andpost-operation care. The improvedprocedures allow <strong>the</strong> opportunityfor high-risk obstetrics patients tobe seen and evaluated on <strong>the</strong> sameday as <strong>the</strong>ir antenatal care.<strong>Chevron</strong> and <strong>the</strong> Global HealthCorps are focused on raisingLiberia’s health care workers’capability so <strong>the</strong>y can continueproviding excellent care for patientsonce <strong>the</strong> Global Health doctorsreturn home.These doctors are working to raise<strong>the</strong> capacity of Liberian healthprofessionals by training residentsand fellows in <strong>the</strong> new LiberiaCollege of Physicians and Surgeonsin <strong>the</strong> specialized fields of pediatricsand obstetrics/gynecology. Dr. Butlerand Dr. Reece are also teachingmedical students, medical officers,Global Health Corps Doctors Yvonne Butler and Josephine Reece are working to teach medical professionalsat <strong>the</strong> JFK Memorial Hospital8 | <strong>Chevron</strong> Liberia Limited