Before visiting Haiti, it was important that Shelley-Ann receive vaccinations and medications for vaccine-preventable diseases and other diseases that she might be at risk for.
She had to visit a clinic 4 weeks before the trip to allow time for the vaccines to take effect. Medications recommended were: Hepatitis A, Typhoid, Cholera, Rabavert, influenza, Tetanus, and Malaria pills (she has to take these up to 1 or 2 weeks after she returns).
Because Shelley-Ann is going back to the bobsleigh circuit, she had the added responsibility of ensuring that she would only be taking vaccines/meds mixed with acceptable ingredients so that she would continue to pass her random drug tests.
She visited a clinic that specializes in Travel Medicine, squeezed her eyes tightly, flung out her arm, received her needles and pills and she was ready to go. She will be visiting Port-au-Prince and Jacmel in Haiti.
Did anyone see that article in the Globe and Mail about the struggle that Haiti is having to keep schools open? There's also a blog from Jessica Leader from the Globe and Mail that I found interesting. She gives an interesting account of her assignment in Haiti.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
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