One of my greatest desires is that in the next 3 months I will be able to have an immense impact on this new community in which I am about to immerse myself. Although, taking into account past experiences, I am sure that Bangladesh, a country I have never visited prior to this trip, will end up having an even greater impact on me.

While serving as a research assistant to Dr. Abbas Bhuiya at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangldesh, I will be observing the structures of poverty here in thecapital, Dhaka, and the surrounding area, in hopes of learning how socioeconomic limitations are affecting the population’s access to general healthcare. In addition to my duties at ICDDR,B, I have decided to chronicle my journey, acting as a reporter on the state of health and medicine—or lack thereof—I encounter during my time here.

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