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We are a team of engineers from Johns Hopkins University in the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design Master's program fighting malaria one image at a time. Follow our blog for live updates from our travels to Uganda and Ghana during August 2021.
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Day 21/22: Last day in Ghana - Surfing & More
Saturday - August 28, 2021 Today is our last day in Ghana. We woke up where it all began - the Airport Inn in Accra. Over breakfast I...
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Sep 7, 20214 min read
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Day 20: The Journey Home Begins
Friday - August 27, 2021 Friday was the day that the travel home began, so it kinda felt a bit like the end of the trip. I knew we still...
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Sep 3, 20213 min read
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Day 19: Walewale to Tamale
Thursday - August 26, 2021 Thursday was the last day of our quick trip up to Walewale, so we started out early to go meet Frank back at...
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Sep 1, 20213 min read
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Day 18 (Tamale Team): Nili, Gambiae, and Pharoensis, oh My!
Wednesday - August 25, 2021 The five hours of sleep we got was just enough to fuel our excitement for the full day of collection and...
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Sep 1, 20213 min read
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Day 18: Walewale Field Day
Wednesday - August 25, 2021 Today was the day we had been building towards for the entirety of the trip - seeing mosquito identification...
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Sep 1, 20215 min read
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Day 17 (Tamale Team): Into the Ravine
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 The Tamale team (comprised of Josh, Rebecca, and myself) will remain in Tamale while the rest of the team...
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Sep 1, 20214 min read
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Day 17: Way to Walewale
Tuesday - August 24, 2021 The plan for Tuesday was to split up our team (Josh and Spencer were heartbroken). So Janis and I started off...
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Sep 1, 20212 min read
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Day 16: Good Demo, Great Food, Fantastic People
Monday - August 23, 2021 Our first full day in Tamale started bright and early at 7 am, as we all tried to fit in breakfast before...
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Sep 1, 20214 min read
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Day 14: Boti Falls
8/21/2021 Our day started with one final breakfast with Dr. Acharya before his trip to India (he will be meeting with the CBID Endoscopic...
jisimba88
Aug 26, 20214 min read
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Day 13: Accra Adventure
Friday, 8/20/21 We started off Friday with another great breakfast at our hotel - the breakfast pasta was a favorite - before heading to...
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Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Day 12: Jetlag Who?
Thursday, August 19th 2021 Good morning from Accra! There was no chance for jetlag to catch us as we woke up at a crisp 7:30am to get...
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Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Day 11 (Day 1 for the US team): Halfway across the world
August 17th, 2021 Hi, there! There's a new voice in town and it comes from halfway across the world, in the busy city of Baltimore. Here,...
jisimba88
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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Days 10 & 11: Closing the Uganda Chapter & a Joyous Reunion
Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 August The music is back! At 7:30 this morning they were playing it again, though I still couldn’t pinpoint a...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read
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Day 9: Rest Day
Monday 16 Aug After a hurried and productive week, Monday was finally a time to rest and recover. Well, sort of. First thing in the...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
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Day 8: Soroti in the Rearview
Sunday 15 Aug Sunday was our last day in Soroti. We hurried out to another village in the morning to meet some other VHTs involved in...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read
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Day 7: In Which the Lack of Sleep Catches Up
Saturday 14 Aug Though we really put the pedal to the imaging metal Friday, we still had a literal pile of mosquitos to deal with. Also,...
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Aug 23, 20216 min read
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Day 6: Live Bait
Friday 13 August Another 6:30-er today! I forgot to mention this, but in the evening yesterday we went out to another village called...
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Aug 23, 20213 min read
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Day 5: Catching Those Pesky Mosquitoes
Thursday 12 Aug Thursday started early. We planned to head out to Madera to collect the traps at 6:30, and I was excited. I waited on the...
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Aug 17, 20215 min read
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Day 4: Field work near Soroti
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Surprise! It’s day 3 (I think?) and I’m not sick yet. I definitely thought I would be worshipping at the...
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Aug 13, 20216 min read
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Day 3: Spencer's Shoelessness
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - Kampala, Uganda and Soroti, Uganda Well, it turns out that Dr. Acharya is into sprouts. He spreads them on a...
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Aug 11, 20214 min read
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