(Photo courtesy of Mary Jo Geyer) A member of the Group Study Exchange team from District 7300 (Pennsylvania, USA) meets with a lymphatic filariasis patient in Accra, Ghana.
Rotary Team Teaches Disability Care in Ghana
OCTOBER 07, 2010Vanessa Glavinskas, Rotary International
Rotarians from Pennsylvania are working to educate health care workers in Ghana on preventing lymphatic filariasis and treating the complications it causes.
A District Designated Fund allocation of $46,340 funded a May meeting in Accra, Ghana. A team of eight health care professionals visited clinics, met with patients, and outlined a standardized training manual on the proper treatment of limbs.
Read the full story: "Team teaches disability care," The Rotarian
