BLSCP members Bill Warnock, Carol Delker (registered nurse), and Megan Newton (professional photographer) traveled to Shanghai, Chengdu, Lhasa, and Beijing on 6-30 September 2010 to lead a training exchange on "Diagnosis and Treatment of Echinococcosis" and to continue the development of future sister city exchanges on several other topics. Echinococcosis is a deadly parasite disease which is causing extensive suffering by rural Tibetans. As many as 300,000 Tibetans on the Tibetan Plateau (15,000 in rural Lhasa Prefecture) are infected with this disease.
Click here to view our complete trip report with 12 photos (PDF).
Click here to view detailed information about BLSCP's previous work on this
disease through its Parasite Medical Program.