Today was a free day (aka. it was hard for us to find activities), so we enjoyed a lazy morning at Café Soconusco (clima and delicious coffee—we highly recommend it).
We decided to up the ante in the afternoon by heading over to CRISP to practice blood draws. Dr. Clemente was happy to provide the necessary supplies and even offered up his own veins for practice! Now we’re ready for next week.
Starting Monday, we’ll be heading out in brigadas with public health organizations. These teams will target areas with high densities of Dengue cases. The efforts in these areas include additional education regarding prevention, mosquito and larvae sampling, and blood draws of potentially infected individuals.
It’s been fascinating to observe the interplay of organizations as this outbreak develops— each organization has a critical role, especially in prevention.
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