Kenya!!

Although I still have a lot to say about Senegal and Mali, I just wanted to give a quick update on Kenya.

Kenya is a completely different world. It is extremely lush, more modern and overall doesn't have quite the same desperate quality as Senegal and Mali. The people are not nearly as in your face, the country is cleaner and economically, although not good, much better off. It doesn't look like people are starving as much. I can see how people can focus on health care here as opposed to West Africa where it was hard to think about health care with so many more pressing issues.

I also started working at the clinic today. It is a really cool group of med students working here from all over, including a couple from the UK. We really do act like doctors here, writing up prescriptions for meds and everything. So far people mostly have Malaria or Typhoid. It's pretty much the equivalent of how often I see diabetes and hypertension at the Free Clinic I work at in Columbus We have one doctor here who will be leaving tomorrow basically leaving med students in charge. We have a fifth year student from Scotland who will carry much of the burden but we will probably also have to refer more people to the local hospital.

Today flew by. The work is exciting and interesting. I like that I'm getting into a routine that will include some downtime to read and hang out. Traveling was fun but it was also exhausting and crazy at times. Hopefully I'll get to explore Kenya soon.