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Welcome! It’s hard to believe we’re finally here in Ghana! It’s been a really great visit so far – and really busy! When we arrived in Accra, we jumped straight into a van that took us to Elmina, where we’re working. Elmina is a town of about 25,000 people, situated on the coast about 2 hours drive west of Accra. The economy of the town is centered around fishing and, as you can see from the photo, there is a busy port where the long wooden fishing boats are docked when they’re not out at sea.
Our first full day here was a public holiday, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Kwame Nkurmah’s birth. We spent the day exploring the town and meeting with community members, while the clinical team set up shop at the Elmina Urban Health Center, where they will be educating the community health workers about cardiovascular disease prevention.
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