Post 9

Lu met with the local primary health unit's doctor to understand their system. Some very interesting points are being pointed out by the doctor. For example, in the same health unit, there's two doctors, one for western medicine and one for traditional medicine. The villagers can then decide for themselves who they wanted to be treated by. A lot of the health patterns in villages seem to be strongly correlated by social determinants of health, which will be further analyzed.

Right after, Lu also met with the local unit specifically for pregnant ladies and young children. This conversation required a translator. Dr. Neeraj's wife was helping. It was very interesting conversation, as there are higher rates of pregnancy in the village compare to urban area or even developed countries like Canada. It was suprised to see that they cover a lot of basic healthcare such as vaccination up to 14 year old children. Also another unexpected point is that the pregnancies here are mostly healthy though it's very common for the mothers to have anemia and low BMI. 

As Zainab and Lu explored around their hotel, they stumbled upon this gate. Curiosity drove us to walk in and we discovered that this is a place for scouts. All the students we talked to are from Agra region and they are about to leave to go back home. What really stood out to us is that these are kids that are our age, yet they look much younger than us. This really made us reflect the difference in culture as well as other social factors that potentially led to this. We are warmly welcomed, and we also joined them to make a reel with them, as they told us that Tiktok is banned in India. We also joined their closing ceremony. We all stood in solemn as they sang their national anthem.