Letters from the field

Topic	Date	Location
Doctor Claire Rieux, a volunteer doctor from France, has been keeping a diary whilst working in the Tsunami affected areas in Sigli, Aceh province, Indonesia. Claire has also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sierra Leone.	18/01/2005	Indonesia
Doctor Dr Tonia Marquardt is from Melbourne and is working as Médecins Sans Frontières’ field doctor in the nutrition unit in Soroti, Uganda for 6 weeks. This is her fourth mission with the agency, following previous postings in Malawi,...	13/12/2003	Uganda
Doctor Ingrid Hopper is a medical doctor who has just returned from Myanmar. She was there for six months, from March to September 2003. This has been her first mission with Médecins Sans Frontières. Ingrid is from Melbourne. This is a...	16/08/2003	Myanmar (Burma)
Doctor Jon Kennedy is from Wellington in New Zealand. He has been working as a doctor in Akuem, South Sudan since May of this year. This is Jon's second mission with Médecins Sans Frontières. He was in Sri Lanka in 2001 for six months.	09/08/2003	Sudan
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
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
Doctor Dr Paul Kwa and Dr Ruth Eagles, two Australian doctors from Townsville, are currently working together in Aweil, South Sudan, a region that is still recovering from a long-running civil war that ended in 2005 with the signing of...	20/10/2008	Sudan
Doctor Liz Scott is a doctor from Te Anau, New Zealand. Liz recently returned from her second mission with Médecins Sans Frontières in Kenya, where she worked in a kala azar project.	20/01/2009	Kenya
Doctor Medical doctor Joanne Oo from Sydney recently returned from her first field placement in Point Pedro, situated in the far north of Sri Lanka on the Jaffna Peninsula. Médecins Sans Frontières began a surgical project in the Point...	19/08/2009	Sri Lanka