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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

ARI, acute respiratory infections, children

College

Life Sciences

Department

Health Science

Abstract

With the breathtaking view of the Andes through my bus window last Friday morning, I thought of the many Bolivian mothers who would bring their sick children into the Senkata Clinic that day. The June temperatures dropped significantly at night, and I wondered how many children would awake that morning with a severe cough and difficulty breathing, signs of pneumonia. Over the past seven weeks, dozens of children affected with acute respiratory infections (ARI) stared at me with huge brown eyes, reflecting extreme poverty, malnutrition, and fear. Their mothers often called me “Doctor” and looked at me as I interviewed them with amazing trust that I would be able to help their “wawas” get better.

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