Today was the last day of the project in the DR. We spent the entire day at the PAI office just hhhhhanging around waiting to meet with the folks at the office to get our last bits of information about the immunization program. Following the emerging the pattern, we were given a 10 minute window to meet with the big boss, but we managed to squeeze more than 2 hours out of the meeting, AGAIN. That was sweet! He is a great guy who really believes in his work, and the country is lucky that he is running the immunization program. I think he should run for president, but he will need to displace Leonel Fernandez. Not an easy task.
Nevertheless, we filled in some remaining holes during this meeting and another meeting with the woman in charge of supplies and logistics for vaccine delivery. Included in our meeting with her was a “cool” tour of the vaccine storage in the refrigeration units and a tour of the supply room where needles and syringes are kept. We were all very impressed with the resources, organization, and bookkeeping in the storage facility. I definitely thought, “you know, I should really take better documentation of my supplies at work” to avoid the oft-had conversations that go something like “who took my…” More often that not, I just misplaced my own crap but wanted to blame it on somebody else. I apologize for the digression.
The end of the day was nice. We took pictures with most of the familiar faces in the office and said our goodbyes. It was a nice ending to the project. Let me rephrase, it was a nice ending to the research phase of the project. The next phase, data analysis, writing, presentation,…is just starting. No point in complaining about it because I signed up for all of it. A smart person once told me, “If your gonna go – go big or go home.” Take the comment as you wish. See you next time.
-Sapun
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