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From back to front, left to right: Dr. Susan Raines and Mike Mizwa, representatives from the Baylor College of Medicine, join Global Health Corps doctors YvonneButler and Josephine Reece in a meeting with Dr. Emmet A. Dennis (President of the University of Liberia), Dr. Wede Elliott-Brownell (Vice President of AcademicAffairs and Provost) and Deddeh Howard (Chevron Liberia Limited’s Social Investment Lead)Global Health Corps DoctorsChevron’s partnership with theTexas’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 they mentorinternists and provide clinical carefor patients, helping to raise theinstitutional capacity of the 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 the GlobalHealth Corps.interns, physician assistants, nursesand other clinical providers at JFKMemorial Hospital and JFK-JapaneseFriendship Maternity Hospital.Since their arrival, they haveperformed hundreds of surgeriesand seen over a thousandpatients. Additionally, DoctorsButler and Reece participated inknowledge sharing and proceduralimprovements to decrease the waittime before surgeries and introduceevidence-based medicine to improvethe compliance with pre- andpost-operation care. The improvedprocedures allow the opportunityfor high-risk obstetrics patients tobe seen and evaluated on the sameday as their antenatal care.Chevron and the Global HealthCorps are focused on raisingLiberia’s health care workers’capability so they can continueproviding excellent care for patientsonce the Global Health doctorsreturn home.These doctors are working to raisethe capacity of Liberian healthprofessionals by training residentsand fellows in the new LiberiaCollege of Physicians and Surgeonsin the 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 the JFK Memorial Hospital8 | Chevron Liberia Limited