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Category: ITDI in Ecuador

balsa de los sapos

PUCE, CISeAL encourage scientific research to protect the Amazon, its residents

August 25, 2018 Hans Meyer Leave a comment

In the Balsa de los Sapos, small frogs dominate. Giant Bullfrogs and toads float in formaldehyde, while countless tanks in…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: amazon, Ecuador, Ohio University, PUCE, rainforest

Ecuador Field Research program ‘scales up’ its healthy living initiative

August 22, 2018 Hans Meyer Leave a comment

Preventing Chagas disease doesn’t take place exclusively in the lab. In this podcast, our team’s Mitchell Cook interviews Angela Maria,…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: Ecuador, healthy living, podcast

Pop-up hotel lab helps Ohio HCOM prevent Chagas disease in Ecuador

August 21, 2018 Hans Meyer Leave a comment

Researchers, graduate and undergraduate students turned an Ecuador hotel room into an impromptu lab to dissect chinchorros or kissing bugs…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: chagas, chinchorro, hotel, laboratory

Learning outside the classroom

August 14, 2018 Sarah Horne Leave a comment

Ohio University students went through a transformative experience when they flew to Ecuador to engage in service learning and Chagas…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: cultures, Ecuador, Ohio University, Ohio University study abroad, Perspectives, Study Abroad

Fighting Chagas Disease with communication

August 13, 2018 Sarah Horne Leave a comment

While studying abroad in Ecuador, Ohio University students learned that it takes more than a vaccination to prevent diseases like…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: bates, ben, chagas, communication, disease, Ecuador, Ohio University

Fútbol Frenzy

August 12, 2018 Mitchell Cook Leave a comment

Like many other countries during the World Cup, fútbol (or soccer, for the north Americans reading this) has taken over…

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Posted in: 2018, Blogs, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: Ecuador, FIFA, Futbol, Soccer, World Cup

The truth behind Chagas Disease

August 11, 2018 Sarah Horne Leave a comment

Chagas Disease is not widely researched because it impacts the lives of those not often given a voice. Ohio University…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: chagas, disease, Ecuador, Ohio University, research

Filling young minds with knowledge

August 10, 2018 Sarah Horne Leave a comment

One group decided on leaping animals and funny figures. The other dotted their handprints on the wooden surface. Regardless of…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: Ecuador, healthy, Healthy Living Initiative, Libraries, little, living, minds, Ohio University

Traveling Blues

August 9, 2018 Mitchell Cook Leave a comment

When people travel they often hear about homesickness and the culture shock that can occur from visiting new countries. A…

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Posted in: 2018, Blogs, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: Depression, Ecuador, Mental Health, Reflection, Traveling
Medical conference

Ohio medical students find HIV, AIDS education in Ecuador lacking

July 9, 2018 Hans Meyer Leave a comment

Some Ecuador residents said they support efforts to remove HIV and AIDS patients from communities, two Ohio University medical students…

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Posted in: 2018, ITDI in Ecuador Filed under: aids, Ecuador, hiv, ohio medical school, OUHCOM, survey

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