{"id":2441,"date":"2025-04-28T15:39:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:40:51","slug":"ghana-january-7-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/ghana-january-7-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana; January 7 – 15, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In January 2025, pharmacy students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) embarked on a life-changing journey to Ghana, driven by a shared mission: to make a tangible impact on maternal health and deepen their understanding of global public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience was grounded in the belief that global citizenship, which is also a UMES presidential priority, has a powerful role to play as advocates, educators, and collaborators in global community health. Our goal was to equip students with real-world experience in addressing maternal health challenges, foster cross-cultural collaboration, and lay the foundation for sustainable partnerships that would endure long after the trip ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of the experience, students actively engaged with communities in both urban and rural settings. They led outdoor health education campaigns in bustling markets and surveyed the needs of women at a rural maternal health clinic, bringing critical health information directly to women who might not otherwise have access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What made this experience even more profound was the feedback from the women they served..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the students, the experience was transformative. Working in the heart of the community, outside the traditional classroom or clinic, helped them see the direct connection between their knowledge and real-world impact. Many reflected that the experience not only enhanced their clinical skills but also shaped their understanding of healthcare equity, cultural humility, and the broader role of the pharmacist in public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, the trip also established a formal partnership with a rural clinic and the Sunyani Technical University, committed to continuing maternal health outreach. This collaboration will allow future pharmacy and pre-health students to engage in sustained efforts to improve maternal and child health in the region, creating lasting change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In January 2025, pharmacy students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) embarked on a life-changing journey to Ghana, driven by a shared mission: to make a tangible impact on maternal health and deepen their understanding of global public health. The experience was grounded in the belief that global citizenship, which is also a UMES…Read more Ghana; January 7 – 15, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/cie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}