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OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine June 2023 The importance of empowering Latinx people within the Danbury, CT healthcare system became more evident the more time I spent in the clinic and hospital. Nuvance serves many Spanish and Brazil-Portuguese speaking patients. Danbury, CT has a diverse medical community with many doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who are native Spanish or Portuguese speakers – yet the challenges of communication across cultures and languages remains for many healthcare professionals (including myself) where Spanish and/or Portuguese are second languages. The challenge of using phone interpreters can delay care. It can cause confusion. Partnering with the local community, such as the DCC, gives the Global Health Program an opportunity to address the challenge of providing healthcare locally to people from all around the world. Partnerships like the DCC-Global Health Program allow our local health system to better learn from and involve local communities in health care improvement. It allows us to open a channel of communication where the exchange of ideas can flow both ways and the end goal of improving health for all becomes a mission that both the health system and the community own. I’ve been honored to take part in the development of the DCC-Global Health Program partnership. And while I’m no longer the medical student on the ground helping the DCC, I remain connected to the DCC community. I can’t wait to see how our Danbury community continues to grow and evolve in the future. Perspective Global Health Academy Highlights Reflections Welcome Global Local Hispanic and Latinx Communities Voices of Ugandan Students Global Health Mental Health Art to Rwmind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Innovation and Technology Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Among the Letters Announcements Article of the Month Video of the Month Congratulations Phoro News Calendar of Events Resources Majid Sadigh 10
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Week 2 and 3 Reflections Written by Asima Mian, PGY3 resident CIFC Health Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program Global Health eMagazine June 2023 It has been quite busy the past few weeks with finishing up work at the hospital and coordinating all the donation items for the school. There is an ortho camp doing pro bono hip and knee arthroplasties for the past 10 days. I scrubbed into several ortho procedures to help out, covered the gen med ward and anywhere else I could be helpful. At the end of week 1 we went on an African Safari which was incredible! I spent time on the maternity ward Perspective Global Health Academy Highlights Reflections Welcome Global Local Hispanic and Latinx Communities Voices of Ugandan Students Global Health Mental Health Art to Rwmind Us of Who We Can Be Our Beautiful Planet Innovation and Technology Alla Jusufi, Asima Mian, and Arezou Nazary at St Francis hospital, Naggalama Arezou Nazary, Asima Mian, and Alla Jusufi in Naggalama Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Asima Mian at local market, Uganda From left to right: Arezou Nazary, Asima Mian, Simon Otin, and Alla Jusufi in St Francis hospital, Naggalama, Uganda Among the Letters Announcements Article of the Month Video of the Month Congratulations Phoro News Calendar of Events Resources and maternal ultrasound. I learned that rather than cost of care, cultural practices and medical myths are what deter people from seeking health care. Many pregnant women did not seek any prenatal care due to cultural beliefs and myths. They fear that the ultrasound would harm the fetus. They also had personal fears of knowing their HIV status and would rather not know their status and would therefore not get tested. Most of the cultural beliefs occur in the village tribes. It was a challenge to educate these women given their strong personal and cultural beliefs however some women were very interested in learning about prenatal care. Near the end of week 3 was the end of Ramadan and Eid. We attended Eid prayer at the local Mosque then traveled to Kampala for the weekend. Eid is a public holiday here and celebrated for 3 days. It was so fascinating to see the entire country celebrate Eid which is a Muslim holiday in a non-Muslim country. One thing I have noticed is that there is a wide acceptance of different religions and the freedom to practice religion in peace without oppression. Everyone is very accommodating and welcoming towards each other’s faith. It is very heartwarming to see such kindness towards each other in this regard. When visiting Kampala, we went to the royal palace and parliament and learned about the history of Uganda’s independence. It took years of civil unrest and conflict before achieving a state of freedom of religion and peace. 11
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