Today was my last day in the office. For almost a year and a half I've been working with some of the kindest, most dedicated people I've met. I've been avoiding thinking about (or discussing) leaving at all, so my leaving came as a surprise to a few people. I wish that I had the option to start school in Jan instead. We've accomplished a lot with the HPV vaccine project so far, but implementation is just getting underway! I'm looking forward to hearing from the team how things go in the second district, and keeping in touch with the great friends that I've made here.

The UVRI-IAVI team threw me and the other leaving colleagues a really nice farewell party after work, and my colleagues from PATH, the National Immunization Program, Uganda Women's Health Initiative, Save A Woman Initiative, and the Princess Nikky Breast Cancer Foundation came as well.

A photo collage of my colleagues from UVRI-IAVI: Dr Kaleebu, Peter, William, and me and Kody

The Stop Cervical Cancer Conference team: Nikky, Stella, Dan, James, Emmanuel, Claire, and Rachel