The ‘cold chain’ is a system of storing and transporting vaccines at recommended temperatures from the point of manufacture to the point of use. That is, the role of the cold chain is to maintain the potency of vaccines. There is also a concept called ‘reverse cold chain’, which is a system of storing and [...]
I am happy to announce that Zach Gold of NY NY will be joining the BPMI in its first expedition to Bhutan this fall.
Tearing him away from Obama’s inauguration by repeated phone calls, I secured his confirmation and am thrilled with the skill set and level of professionalism Zach brings to this initiative of ours. [...]
On April 17th, BPMI co-founder Verdell Jessup will be giving a photo presentation of her two years in Bhutan, entitled “An Evening in Bhutan: Tales from the Buddhist Kingdom”. We invite everyone to experience Verdell’s unique perspective on Bhutan as she lifts the veil into a world rarely seen by Westerners.
BPMI co-founder Rob Grace will [...]
On April 22nd, BPMI co-founder Verdell Jessup will be giving a photo presentation of her two years in Bhutan, entitled “An Evening in Bhutan: Tales from the Buddhist Kingdom” at 7pm at the TRU Clock Tower. We invite everyone to experience Verdell’s unique perspective on Bhutan as she lifts the veil into a world rarely [...]
Verdell and Rob would like to thank everyone who came out to the Nelson and Kamloops Evenings in Bhutan and showed support for our project. We raised roughly $2000 and met many fine and interested people in the process.
We’d also like to thank our volunteers who made the events happen, including a fine kamloops native [...]
Very happy to announce today that some major changes will be coming to the BPMI in the very near future. Stay tuned for developments as they happen.
Verdell sent me her section of our sponsorship proposal last night along with some photos. She is currently working as head cook at a ski lodge some sixty minutes by snowmobile out of Pemberton, BC. It makes working on this project all the more logistically interesting…
The picture on the left is of her classroom and [...]
After much discussion and thought, we have revised our travel itinerary in Bhutan. The new schedule places emphasis on fewer locations but with greater attention and time to the selected communities. This allows us to perform multiple treatments and follow through with the necessary followup over several days without the pressures of a tight and [...]
Readers of this blog know that the Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences (ACOS) in Nelson, BC is the first Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) school to contribute to our goal of providing educational opportunities to Bhutanese students interested in the health care field.
They have done so by offering a full tuition scholarship to their 3 year [...]
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS :
1. Chicken pox = 14-16 days ( can range from 10-21 days )
2. Measles = 10 days for the appearance of fever from the day of infection and 14 days for the appearance of rash from the day of exposure to infection .
3. Rubella = 2-3 weeks ( average of 18 days [...]
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