Officially, we are flying a holding pattern~

Last night each of us on the Duke Neurosurgery East Africa Training Team received a phone call from Dr H informing us that the State Dept issued a Travel Advisory for Americans traveling to Uganda and that our trip will be postponed until the terrorist activity has calmed down and is no longer an active threat. We know that none of us is ever guaranteed a safe road, but certainly waiting until this blows over is a safer road. And besides, Al Qaeda is in Kampala and Omar Kadafi and other leaders have taken over our hotel reservations. I can imagine the breakfast conversation if we were there, I would order and then I would yell, "MAKE MINE KOSHER!" Anyway, I realized my own case of nerves when I started thinking of a burka as PPE. ( for non medical that means Personal Protection Equipment)
Our reschedule date is October 21. All of our supplies are on their way via DHL, including the Borden Neonatal shipment to Dr Joshephat. I hope everything arrives intact and makes the journey from Entebbe Airport to Mulago Hospital without incident, where it will be stored in the warehouse until our team arrives in the fall.                                   Safe journey, supplies, see you soon.

Duke Neurosurgery East Africa Training Team, stay by the phone.

I just a call from Dr H, the US Embassy has issued a Travel Alert for Americans traveling to Uganda. We are postponing until further notice.
Stay tuned.