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This October has been quite a hectic time for our colleagues in Zanzibar. Tanzania has held its national presidential elections. The top candidates were from the majority party, CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi), and the minority, CHADEMA (Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo). In Zanzibar, there were allegations of vote tampering, and thus the Zanzibari election was […]
Now that we have all had time to settle back into the swing of school, we are really hitting the ground running. As we are about to start experimenting in the lab within the next few weeks, we are taking measures to ensure that we have a complete understanding of existing technologies, both in Zanzibar […]
Earlier this week, we were fortunate to meet with the Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar, Dr. Mohamed Saleh Jiddawi. We wanted to meet with him in order to have a better understanding of the regulatory processes our eventual device will go through before implementation. A former resident of Boston, he was […]
Jared Eid to me seemed quite literally like Christmas in July. It seemed, more specifically, like Christmas and Halloween in July. Like Christmas, kids receive their nice new dresses and kanzus and kofias (male dresses and caps), as well as other toys. Then, they would go trick-or-treating for “Eidi,” and be given money instead of […]
It is interesting to see the culture here in Zanzibar and how greatly it differs from Boston. Throughout our adventures, here are some of the things we have gotten used to seeing and doing on a daily basis:
Since Memorial Day we have been working together in Boston to prepare for our trip to Zanzibar. We have done a lot of literature review to learn everything we need to know. Our literature review has covered a wide range of topics from culture in Zanzibar to comparisons of medical devices. At first, we tried […]
This week we met with two professionals well-versed in the medical sphere of developing countries: Dr. Monica Onyango and Dr. Thomas Burke. Dr. Onyango has extensive experience studying and working in South Sudan, Angola, and her native country Kenya, . She is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health at Boston University’s School of Public Health. She gave […]