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Llamaji, the award winning, overweight, beagle is so cute. He received alot of backrubs this week from me.

Winnie took us to a talk at the Hyatt this week after work without any notice. Everyone was dressed impeccably. I was very self-conscious of my plain t-shirt and shirt. However, whatever blush colored my cheeks was mitigated by greeting Rotary Club members. It was their weekly meeting. The talk was on Safety Injections given by a man who worked for the WHO and now worked with BD Industries. Note to self: I will probably have to start brining a change of clothes to work everyday ...Also, the ice cream served at the meeting is second to Winnie and the General's ice cream and first to the ice cream served at Big Chill, Khan Market.

Week 2: I am working on a report of the current public healthcare status on India for a newly funded project by the Australian government (due Friday). Numerous World Health Organization reports show that India has been improving over the last 5 years in healthcare infrastructure and government funding. In my interpretation, the statistics are still very, very dismal despite some progress. For example, India is contains the second largest HIV/AIDS infected population in the world. However, India’s therapy coverage is only an eighth of what other developing countries with a similar economic profile are covering. Similar trends continue when medical personnel per 100,000 people and hospital beds available per 100,000 are compared with other countries. Problems are exacerbated by shear country size and inconsistencies of health care systems within each state.