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Understanding the value of global partnerships, the University of Colorado Department of Medicine recently welcomed faculty from a Brazilian university to the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and facilitated learning opportunities to benefit both institutions and, in turn, elevate patient care.
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Andrés Henao-Martínez, MD, an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine, was among a small number of experts invited to La Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana in Iquitos, Peru — a city in the Amazon jungle that can only be accessed by boat or plane. These experts gave lectures as part of a course called “LAPAHS,” which is a tropical medicine course from the Loreto Regional Hospital’s Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases.
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