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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Highlights<br />
Spotlight<br />
Clinical Case of the Month<br />
Reflections<br />
Global Mental Health<br />
Hispanic/Latinx Communities<br />
Voices of Ugandan Students<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
being done, nor that they cared about it. It was a nice ceremony, however, just<br />
like in the US, the youth couldn’t care less about some ancient tradition they<br />
know nothing about.<br />
However, the differences in culture are slowly peeking through the similarities<br />
that have been so present during my time here in Thailand. In many places,<br />
mostly outside the urban and city environments, there is a level of poverty<br />
beyond what you may see in the US (although in some parts of the US, it is<br />
similar to a degree that is despicable and disappointing). We went to the beach<br />
with some Thai medical students and drove through a community of Muslim<br />
people living in metal shacks. They did not have any grocery stores nearby nor<br />
access to clean water – it was something out of a travel documentary. They<br />
were not forced to live there, unlike the US the major religions – Buddhism,<br />
Christianity, and Islam – all live peacefully and respectfully together. However,<br />
they did not have the means to live another way, and it was strange passing<br />
them by in the students’ luxury cars with my resources that were 10x+ than<br />
theirs. Part of me feels that I am not getting an authentic view into Thai culture<br />
because I have only seen the urban and city environments, and often those<br />
environments are similar across the world. However, part of me feels that I am<br />
just looking for examples to fit the heuristics I have created in my head of what<br />
I expect Southeast Asian culture to be like from what I have viewed through<br />
documentaries, YouTube, and western media. Coming here, I was expecting<br />
much more noticeable differences than what I am seeing now, but I have also<br />
only seen a sliver of Thailand so there is much more I probably am not seeing<br />
that I don’t know about. There will always be so much more to learn, and I will<br />
not have the chance to experience it.<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who We<br />
Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Dr. Menn Memorial<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Congratulations<br />
Welcome<br />
Calendar<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Photo News<br />
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Dinner time! (Rose Schwartz)<br />
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