eMagazine August 2023
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
Reflections from Uganda<br />
Written by Ryan Trus, MD<br />
Class of 2026<br />
The Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont<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 />
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 />
Looking back at the first week, it is hard<br />
to sort through what felt like a constant<br />
stream of experiences that started<br />
the second after exiting the plane in<br />
Entebbe. Driving from the airport to<br />
Naggalama, I fought a losing battle<br />
between wanting to see every single<br />
thing I could from the front seat of our<br />
truck to closing my eyes and sleeping<br />
off the fatigue from the past 20 hours<br />
of traveling. Looking around, I flip<br />
back and forth between recognizing<br />
the familiar details of home and<br />
entirely foreign concepts. One second,<br />
I see a young couple walking and<br />
laughing, enjoying their time together<br />
like many others all over the world.<br />
The next second, I see a background<br />
environment to this pair of teenagers<br />
walk devoid of the infrastructure I had<br />
found so commonplace in my day-today<br />
life at home. A small child napping<br />
in the car, a car which weaves a road<br />
with no lines or rules surrounded by<br />
motorcycles buzzing in all directions.<br />
These contrasting examples are<br />
everywhere throughout the waking<br />
hours in Uganda. Often, I find myself<br />
thinking about the separation<br />
between Ugandan development and<br />
other parts of the world I can compare<br />
it against like the US and Canada. This<br />
is something I hope to gain a more<br />
nuanced understanding of throughout<br />
my time here.<br />
Dr Bemen Habashi, Ryan Trus, and Kyle<br />
Gorman in Naggalama, Uganda<br />
Ryan Trus at Kasawo Mission Health Centre,<br />
Uganda<br />
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