This led me in search of further exposure and training that would assist in achieving this goal. A conversation with Dr Tolu Bella Awusah, a Nigerian child and adolescent psychiatrist who was then a fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, encouraged me to explore the Children’s Hospital Global Partnerships Program (CHGP) in Boston, US. While these enquiries were ongoing, I was also fortunate to be selected as one of the Donald Cohen Fellows for the IACAPAP conference in Beijing in 2010. The IACAPAP experience, among other immense benefits, gave an added motivation to conclude plans toward applying for the CHBP