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March 25, 2023

Cementing relationships. This week we were based in Zvimba and Harare. I met with the Rasper community board, MOH, UZ, UK foreign and Commonwealth Development

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March 17, 2023

This was the week of driving, but excellent use of the driving time was made. We ended up with 2 groups converging on Binga. Brian

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March 10, 2023

This week the students headed back to Karanda after their weekend off. Once the logistics getting them there were sorted, I headed back to Bulawayo

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March 3, 2023

Alison left Zim this week shortly followed by Gurdeep and Anita, but not before we had our partnership meeting hosted by ZimCan PVO, organized and

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February 24, 2023

Anita, Gurdeep and myself arrived on the evening of Wed the 15th. Gurdeep and Anita dove straight in. Their focus was exploring the capacity building

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February 13, 2023

Hi Everyone! Here begins our trip summary thus far. Firstly to acknowledge all the work that Alison poured into making our landing. From acquiring medical

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March 25, 2022

Following the drive from Binga to Harare, we headed up to Karanda Mission Hospital for 2 nights. The main purpose for this visit is to

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March 18, 2022

On the way to Hwange we stopped at the Lupane Women’s Development Trust. We met this amazing woman, Hildegard, who is working there. The Trust

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March 10, 2022

Last Friday we drove to Mutare to meet one of the two 3rd year residents in the country, Joe. He works at Mutare General Hospital

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March 3, 2022

Here is your weekly update. On Friday we met with Dr Bandiki (Mount St Mary’s Hospital, Wedza). He has a proposal in to his PMD

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February 24, 2022

It’s been an eventful week the main focus has been on getting my license here, with the Change in Provincial Medical Director and permanent Secretary

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2017 Trip

Dr. Bret Batchelor, Enhanced Surgical Skills (ESS) GP, recently visited Karanda Mission Hospital in rural Zimbabwe and had the opportunity to interview Dr. Paul Thistle, a

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2016 Trip

Over the course of my global health elective in Zimbabwe, I was exposed to many medical educational opportunities that are much less prevalent in Canada,

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2015 Trip

“I think this was a really important experience as I gained a perspective of what life is like in Zimbabwe first hand from a Zim

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