Update

Finally we have internet at home!

Sorry about the long wait. Time is running away so fast here. It is hard to beleve that we have been here for a week already. 8 weeks to do our data collection has felt like a long time but right now it feels like for every rock we look under there are so many moore things to find out. 8 weeks suddenly doesn´t feel as long anymore. Our journey here is not just to do a great study but also to do a deep dive into a culture, a language and a society that is so different to ours. We took our last safe breath one week ago and we will not stand on dry land for another 7 weeks so we´d better get the very best out of everything.

We have accomplished a lot of things this week. We have mostly been to a hospital here in Yaounde, testing our questions on a couple of mothers and talking to the chief nurse about their practices regarding infant nutrition and consultation. The staff we met was very dedicated and gave us a lot of insight on the main problems that breastfeeding mothers in Cameroon face today. We have also got some studying done and tomorrow we are meeting with the ministry of health.

//Frida