OneWorld Health Internship

In summer 2018, OneWorld Health -- a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality, sustainable health care in developing countries -- recruited two MPH students from the global health concentration for a summer internship. As part of their internship, Sarah Bender and Felicity Duran traveled to Uganda to research and develop hypertension screening guidelines and treatment protocols at Masindi-Kitara Medical Center. Sarah and Felicity joined OneWorld Health’s medical outreach team, which consisted of 39 health professionals and other students from various disciplines including medicine, public health, nursing, pharmacy, and physical therapy. Although they may have come from different backgrounds and professions, the team of health care professionals who traveled together to Uganda shared a passion for serving others.

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