Pediatric care in Ghana: Addressing malnutrition and sickle cell disease
In Accra, Ghana, the ward glowed ocean blue under phototherapy lamps. Chlorhexidine lingered in the air, cardboard rustled beneath a mother’s thin blanket, and the soft gasp of a preterm infant punctuated the hum of monitors. A baby’s drool pooled at the corner of her mouth; when my gloved fingers brushed her cheek, she flinched. Her body spoke a language beyond words, and her mother translated every twitch with love.
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Pediatric care in Ghana: Addressing malnutrition and sickle cell disease
