Santa Marta City Shoreline

As seen from the USS Kearsarge in port

August 31st 2008
A different clinic today, held at the large regional hospital. We had 6 physicians from the Kearsarge and 4 from the Colombian military. I was happy for the latter when my first patient had molluscum contagiosum, a contagious (but not generally dangerous) skin condition. In the US we use electrocautery to treat it, but I learned that here where that's not available, they suggest the mom pick th ... read more

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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Nancy Foote

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November 2008 Hi! I’m Nancy, from Seattle, Washington, the state on the west side of the United States (not Washington, DC, the US capital on the east coast). I have updated my travel blog and am preparing for my next adventure. I am a Family Physician who quit practice after 21 years at a migrant and community health center in eastern Washington State to go back to school. I now have a Master’s in Public Administration with a Certificate in International Development from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. I volunteered for over ... full info

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