Even on normal days, Dr. Kusum Thapa spends her time helping the people of Nepal. Thapa, a Nepali physician, works with Johns Hopkins’s non-profit international health affiliate Jhpiego as a maternal health expert. And so when a devastating earthquake hit Kathmandu recently, Thapa knew what she had to do.
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