Tropical Medicine Course done, on to Dubai

I've finished up my 2 week course in Uganda. Overall it was pretty fun, having done several courses before I felt content was not too high yield but given the wide background of students (many who are not infectious diseases), I think some of the content was more new/useful to them. Although Mulago is a referral centre, it was sad to see just how resource limited it is. At times very limited medicines, equipment (including syringes).

When walking the streets, I found many signs from "traditional healers" claiming to treat everything. When we toured the cancer centre, the doctor explained how many patients with their cancer, would see a healer for many months before they got a proper diagnosis. This makes sense, when you're poor and someone promises to cure everything and the price is much lower... it would seem very tempting.

On the last day we visited the Zika forrest and huge research lab there. The forrest is still used to study mosquitos, viruses and some of the interactions it has with animals there that preserve many virus life cycles.

My overall experience of Uganda on this trip was ok, my airbnb had warm water 50% of the time, people are nice but deodorant or daily showers aren't an option for locals... :O. Crossing the roads without traffic signals, many motor bikes... is terrifying. The food was ok, often goat, carbs, beans - we ate this almost everyday. I had no issues with the food but I don't think anyone ever craves Uganda food.

I landed in Dubai late night, such contrast. My apartment in the business bay is amazing, marble floors, massive balcony, everything is state of the art. First day I did a tour of old dubai, it reminds me a lot of Turkey in some sense (people selling spices and jewelry).