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Apr 23 2009
Health Systems: Lessons from Abroad
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International Health has gained significant momentum in the past few years, making it one of the trendiest avenues of medical practice. As the machine of global medicine quickly accelerates toward improving health conditions abroad, domestic healthcare issues must not be allowed to fade from view.
Apr 12 2009
Rural Vs. Urban Access to Health Services
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One of the first things I noticed when we got to Nicaragua was that everyone seemed very young. Seven out of ten of the people you pass on the street are under thirty, and most of them look like they are under 20. I’ve started researching this a bit more as background knowledge for a series of interviews I’m going to be conducting on the topic of Maternal Waiting homes in Nicaragua, and have discovered that my initial observation is correct. Adolescents (age 15-19) represent 26% of the population, and the percentage of women within that age bracket getting pregnant is the second highest in Central America. Not surprisingly, more than half of those pregnancies are unplanned.
