Letters from the field

Topic	Date	Location
Logistician Chris Daley is working in Yakawlang, northern Afghanistan as a Médecins Sans Frontières logistician. His position involves overseeing the general running of the project, supervising local staff, performing general maintenance and...	03/06/2003	Afghanistan
Doctor Dr David Evans has been working with Médecins Sans Frontières on a study using an alternative medicine to treat meningitis in Niger since February 2003. This is his fifth mission with the agency, following previous postings in...	30/05/2003	Niger
Doctor Dr Tonia Marquadt is from Melbourne and worked as Médecins Sans Frontières’ medical coordinator in Liberia for nine months until May 2003. This is her third mission with the agency, following previous postings in Malawi and...	28/05/2003	Liberia
Nurse Susan Thomas, was a nurse on her second mission with Médecins Sans Frontières in Ibba, South Sudan when she wrote this letter. Susan had completed one previous mission with Médecins Sans Frontières in Uganda, and is now working...	11/05/2003	Sudan
Logistician Matthew Everitt is working as a logistician for Médecins Sans Frontières in eastern Bangladesh. From Dover Heights NSW, he worked as a logistician for an aid agency in East Timor before joining. This is his first mission with...	01/03/2003	Bangladesh
Nurse Helle Poulsen-Dobbyns has worked in the southern African nation of Malawi for nine months until March. A nurse from Sydney, she was running an HIV project in the district of Chiradzulu, where patients are treated with...	22/02/2003	Malawi
Doctor David Friend is serving as a medical doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières' project in Magburaka, Sierra Leone. From Auckland, New Zealand, he has extensive medical experience in developing countries, including Zimbabwe, and was...	01/02/2003	Sierra Leone
Nurse Dr Samantha Tuckwell is working with Médecins Sans Frontières in northern Myanmar (Burma) and is on her first mission. She is from Alstonville, in northern New South Wales, and worked at the Cairns Base Hospital immediately...	27/01/2003	Myanmar (Burma)