Letters from the field

Author	Topic	Date	Location
	Malawi: Australian nurse writes of her work in HIV project Aisleen Glasby, a nurse from Wights Mountain, QLD, recently returned from Chiradzulu district in southern Malawi, where she worked in one of Médecins Sans Frontières’ largest HIV programs. This was her second field placement,...	18/05/2012	Malawi
	South Sudan: "These People Tell Us That They Are Desperate." Robert Mungai Maina, from Kenya, has eight years of professional experience as a clinical officer. He has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in South Sudan for the past five months, and was assigned to the emergency team...	12/12/2011	South Sudan
	Doctor from Darwin writes of her work in Sudan Jacqueline Boyd is a doctor from Darwin, who has just returned from her first field placement with Médecins Sans Frontières. Jacqueline was working in Gedaref, Sudan, where the organisation has been running a program treating the...	25/11/2011	Sudan
	Libya: Interview with Médecins Sans Frontières Emergency Coordinator from Sirte Hospital In this interview conducted on 13th October 2011, Dr Gabriele Rossi, Médecins Sans Frontières emergency coordinator, describes a very serious situation in Sirte. On the night following the interview, six patients died at Ibn Sina...	18/10/2011	Libya
	Ethiopia: Interview with emergency field coordinator Karliene Kleijer has recently returned from Liben in southern Ethiopia where she was the emergency field coordinator.	09/09/2011	Ethiopia, Somalia
	Somalia: Gearing up in Galgaduud In large parts of south and central Somalia, where malnutrition rates are high, ongoing conflict makes it difficult for international organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières to operate at full capacity. Where we can work, our...	02/09/2011	Somalia
	Somalia: People jokingly call any child under the age of 11 “the Médecins Sans Frontières generation” Hussein Sheikh Qassim works in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Marere, southern Somalia. He spoke to us by phone on 17 August.	22/08/2011	Somalia
Rachel Creek	Logistician from Adelaide supports TB project in Colombia At the end of December 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières began to support the national tuberculosis (TB) control program in Buenaventura, Colombia. The team is providing assistance to improve diagnosis and treatment for regular...	28/07/2011	Colombia
	“It’s only lunchtime and we’ve already admitted 151 children today.” Dr Hussein Sheikh Qassim works in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Marere, southern Somalia. He spoke to us by phone at 1pm on 15 July.	18/07/2011	Somalia
	A cruel reality: Coping with life in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo Joelle Depeyrot has returned from North Kivu after 11 months working as a Mental Health Officer.	08/07/2011	Democratic Republic of Congo