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		<title>Many hands make light work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;m re-posting Jess&#8217;s post here, I figured I would use the same title. Jess describes the nature of the team exactly: everyone does whatever work is needed, whenever that work is needed.  We all chip in&#8211;regardless of title, position, or experience.  Strong teams are created by a unified sense of purpose and mission, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=583&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Wonderful Review of This Year&#8217;s DASV/SOMOS Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jess Lucia has documented this year&#8217;s DASV medical service team in this blog post, and her thoughts on returning to the DR for the second time here. Jess writes about these experiences better than I can, and her photos are lovely.  Please take a moment to read these posts.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=577&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tumblr!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a way to provide more timely updates regarding our work in the Dominican Republic, we have set up a Tumblr account.  This will allow us to post more pictures, and will be easier to update while we are in the DR. You can see what we are doing here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=566&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pasaportes de Salud</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present at the American Academy of Family Physicians 8th Annual Family Medicine Global Health Workshop.  I presented on the issue of chronic diseases in developing nations and the challenge of providing appropriate continuity of care, and some of the challenges we have faced in doing so. Here are slides [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=551&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five in Five to Survive: Global Health, and Non-communicable Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The following post was written by Irène Mathieu, a second-year medical student at Vanderbilt. Irène was a member of the SOMOS undergraduate medical team that worked in Paraíso, and she spent a year in the DR on a Fulbright scholarship.  Her blog can be read here.) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=547&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is always difficult to assess the final results from trips like this. How does one determine whether it was worth it? &#8211;We provided direct care to about 400 patients, and distributed parasite medicines and vitamins to the community of Esfuerzo. &#8211;We identified patients with chronic illnesses whose health might be improved (and for whom [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=542&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The last few days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we approach the end of our last full day in the DR, it seems proper to discuss the last few days&#8217; activities. On Wednesday we switched our work site to the Fundacion Sol Naciente. The Fundacion has been a long-standing partner and we have been working closely with its director, Dr. Ramon Lopez, since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=539&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, dominoes, yucca and bananas, and water</title>
		<link>http://dominicanaidsociety.com/2011/06/07/rain-dominoes-yucca-and-bananas-and-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, I figured out a new mantra while in the DR: nothing is linear. Why does the bus arrive between 30 minutes before to one hour after the expected time? Why did lunch take 2 hours? Why do I get pulled from clinic to deal with the press? Why do 3 cars try to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=536&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges in Paraiso</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday we started our 3 days of clinic in the school in Paraiso. As usual, we had our students working in many areas: registration, vitals, shadowing in the consultorio (exam room) with the providers, and working in the pharmacy. In order to make sure we could see as many patients as possible, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=531&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exodus?</title>
		<link>http://dominicanaidsociety.com/2011/06/03/exodus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we planned an early start to complete the door-to-door assessment in the community. We thought we had about 60 houses to go, but that turned out not to be the case. We completed the work in about 4 hours&#8230;accounting for 20-25 houses. This means we visited around 65 or so homes total&#8230;much less than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dominicanaidsociety.com&#038;blog=6225677&#038;post=527&#038;subd=dominicanaidsociety&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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