One of the first babies I helped deliver

Weeks 5-6

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March 11th 2010
Today was a day of endings - my last day of maternity, our last day at Military 37, and, amazingly, the 2/3 mark of our clinical placement in Ghana. Maternity has been quite the experience here. I feel as though I’ve learned a great deal (although a bit of it has been what not to do). The maternity unit (also called Yeboah ward) consists of antepartum, labour and delivery, and postpartum. It ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more