That assuring look of a Doctor At one moment or another, we must have been caught up in a health situation that is characterized by uncertainty and anxiety. The anxiety often heightens when one is waiting for lab results and/or the doctor's interpretation. This was our state at the Open Dreams Centre in Yaounde, when the novel corona virus was first detected in passengers flying into Cameroon. As the boarders of the country and schools got shut down, it was as though the world was shutting down on. Dr. Houatchaing Armelle was the one with that assuring look. She took the podium at the Open Dreams Center on a number of occasions, (including a day we had visiting officials from the US Embassy Yaounde), to professionally explain the nature of the virus to the Open Dreams community and how they could stay safe from the virus. This was enough support to keep morals high abeit the odds. Today she is proudly part of the Erasmus Mundus Program, focusing in nanomedicine for drugs delivery. The program takes place among four consortium universities; The University of Paris (the merger of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot universities), The University of Angers, The University of Pavia (Italy) and the University of Patras in Greece. It is a two year program (4 semesters with a 3 month internship in a Research Laboratory and a 6 month internship in a pharmaceutical industry, with focus on the latest drug formulation technology to enhance drugs delivery and to tackle diseases such as cancer, etc; the use of mRNA to produce vaccines or therapeutic agents). Before her departure to France, she served as the Head of the standardization, control and supply chain management at health technology department of the Ministry of public health. She was also the liaison officer between a number of Open Dreams Scholars and the Ministry of Health, facilitating administrative work for community research. #communitysolutions #CommunityEngagment https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIkHXoNLAx/?utm_medium=tumblr
