TY - JOUR AU - McCoy, Amanda J. PY - 2022/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - POGO Travel Journal: Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya JF - Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America JA - JPOSNA VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Invited Perspective DO - 10.55275/JPOSNA-2022-0021 UR - https://www.jposna.org/index.php/jposna/article/view/431 SP - AB - <p>This article shares the perspective and experience of an early career pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at a mission hospital in Kenya, where she spent nearly her first three years in practice.&nbsp; She shares the reasoning behind her decision to engage in full-time global orthopaedics work as well as some of the logistical aspects of planning for the transition to international practice.&nbsp; Trauma, osteomyelitis, and COVID-19 are focal points of sharing her experience.&nbsp; The role of historical social and political injustice and its contribution to local and global health inequity is explored, emphasizing the importance of simultaneously pursuing global and local health justice.</p> ER -