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Dover Nurse Practitioner Completes Mission to Sierra Leone

Gynecology and Infertility Associates practitioner cares for victims of sex trade.

 

Dover, NH -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2011 -- Diane Knight, APRN Gynecologic Nurse Practitioner with Gynecology and Infertility Associates in Dover, NH, recently returned from a medical mission to Sierra Leone in West Africa. She was invited along with five other healthcare providers by Women for Women of Sierra Leone,a group that offers vital healthcare services to women during the two-week missions, which occur twice a year.

During their stay, they visited the remote village of Yele where they attended to the health needs of girls and women who have been suffering under sexual slavery. Most patients (95%) were seeing a healthcare provider for the very first time and many had walked miles to receive care.

About Gynecology & Infertility
Located across from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Gynecology and Infertility Associates is dedicated to the health and wellness of their patients. Cynthia S. Cooper, MD and Anne H. Kalter, MD are board certified and specialize in the practice ofurinary incontinence, infertility and gynecology in Dover. They practice with Diane Knight,APRN.

For more information, call Gynecology and Infertility Associates at (603) 749-4963, or visit us at http://www.gynecologyandinfertility.com