“Out of the shadows” - a World AIDS Day 2008 video by World Vision

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HIV/AIDS: The search for a vaccine
- a video from International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

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Today is World AIDS day.
Above is a video from UNICEF about increased HIV testing for newborns and mother-to-child transmission.

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visceras de cerdo (chandinga) Hehe requisite food pic. It´s pig´s internal organs. I love it. It´s exactly like ¨bopis¨ in the Philippines.

visceras de cerdo (chandinga)

Hehe requisite food pic. It´s pig´s internal organs. I love it. It´s exactly like ¨bopis¨ in the Philippines.

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The city of Juticalpa. We went here last week to meet up with the Regional Director of the Ministry of Health for the province of Olancho. It was cool for me bcause my mom was in the dept of health in the philippines. I think she was once a ministry of health assistant regional director. :) yehey public health. salud publica!

The city of Juticalpa. We went here last week to meet up with the Regional Director of the Ministry of Health for the province of Olancho. It was cool for me bcause my mom was in the dept of health in the philippines. I think she was once a ministry of health assistant regional director. :) yehey public health. salud publica!

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This is Ninoska (Juan Carlos´sister and Stephanie´s sister-in-law). This was a pic taken last week when we started our project in earnest. I´m trying to upload 2 videos right now that explain a little bit more about the project but they´re loading pretty slowly so I´ll just explain more of about the proj here. Basically we´re doing a diabetes prevalence project. We´re trying to find out how many people in our town here El Guayabito have diabetes. We need to examine 212 people to determine the prevalence. We examine patients early in the AM because we´re checking their fasting blood sugars. We also check their height, weight, blood pressure and urine(for ketones, glucose and protein). A typical day starts at 4 AM because we see patients from 4:30 AM to 7 AM. The earlier schedules are for families with men who leave home early for work. We then go back to the house for coffee and breakfast (desayuno) and register patients in the morning. We go back to the house for lunch (almuerzo) and go back out in the afternoon to register more patients. God-willing we´ll be done registering by the end of the week. Herrard´s coming soon to shoot a film for our organization. It´ll be about the diabetes situation out here in Honduras. THanks for praying for the project and for my stay here. I´ve been having fun and learning a lot of Spanish. I definitely understand a lot but hehe my speaking isn´t the best. Hehe I speak in 1 tense (present) practically hehe. But I am learning and thank God I´ve been able to communicate. God has totally provided for me here and I trust that He will continue to watch over the project and see it to its completion. I believe God brought me here even if I wasn´t completely prepared because I was trying to finish my residency apps at the same time. It´s a real blessing to be out here. Please continue to pray for the project and that God continue to bless it and multiply it. Thanks also for praying for my apps. I´ve 8 interviews so far. Praise God :) It´s been harder to check my email because we´ve been so busy. Will try to check in next week. Miss you all. Praying for you guys. Love and hugs!

This is Ninoska (Juan Carlos´sister and Stephanie´s sister-in-law). This was a pic taken last week when we started our project in earnest. I´m trying to upload 2 videos right now that explain a little bit more about the project but they´re loading pretty slowly so I´ll just explain more of about the proj here.

Basically we´re doing a diabetes prevalence project. We´re trying to find out how many people in our town here El Guayabito have diabetes. We need to examine 212 people to determine the prevalence. We examine patients early in the AM because we´re checking their fasting blood sugars. We also check their height, weight, blood pressure and urine(for ketones, glucose and protein). A typical day starts at 4 AM because we see patients from 4:30 AM to 7 AM. The earlier schedules are for families with men who leave home early for work. We then go back to the house for coffee and breakfast (desayuno) and register patients in the morning. We go back to the house for lunch (almuerzo) and go back out in the afternoon to register more patients. God-willing we´ll be done registering by the end of the week. Herrard´s coming soon to shoot a film for our organization. It´ll be about the diabetes situation out here in Honduras.

THanks for praying for the project and for my stay here. I´ve been having fun and learning a lot of Spanish. I definitely understand a lot but hehe my speaking isn´t the best. Hehe I speak in 1 tense (present) practically hehe. But I am learning and thank God I´ve been able to communicate. God has totally provided for me here and I trust that He will continue to watch over the project and see it to its completion. I believe God brought me here even if I wasn´t completely prepared because I was trying to finish my residency apps at the same time. It´s a real blessing to be out here. Please continue to pray for the project and that God continue to bless it and multiply it. Thanks also for praying for my apps. I´ve 8 interviews so far. Praise God :)

It´s been harder to check my email because we´ve been so busy. Will try to check in next week.

Miss you all. Praying for you guys. Love and hugs!

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Honduras is beautiful. Olancho (the province where I am at) reminds me so much of rural Philippines(Ilocos), which I went to a lot as a kid. It´s cool how similar the world is. Right now, Honduras is so green and lush because it´s rainy season.

Honduras is beautiful. Olancho (the province where I am at) reminds me so much of rural Philippines(Ilocos), which I went to a lot as a kid. It´s cool how similar the world is. Right now, Honduras is so green and lush because it´s rainy season.

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Karla and I in a restaurant in Catacamas called Pollolandia.

Karla and I in a restaurant in Catacamas called Pollolandia.

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Dunks and Dora in Honduras :) Hehe I never leave home without my fave sneaks and those Dora sandals are Karla´s ;p

Dunks and Dora in Honduras :)

Hehe I never leave home without my fave sneaks and those Dora sandals are Karla´s ;p

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We visited the centro salud (health center) in El Guayabito (my town here) the other day. It was a cool experience. These nurses and doctors are in the frontlines. They take care of the town. In the above video, the nurse is explaining the benefits and side effects of vaccines to the moms. The cute baby lives in the house and we brought her for pentavalent DPT/Hib/HepB(?) shot.

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