Lauralee in Lankien

The rain has just started. It sounds like artillery fire on the metal roof of the logistics building. If it continues much longer, there will be no plane tomorrow.

04 Sep 2008 / 2 minute read

Zakaria Mwatia is our base nurse. He is from Kenya and has worked in Sudan, Kenya and Somalia.

01 Sep 2008 / 2 minute read

Kala Azar, MSF and Francis

And there they were, right under the microscope lens, just the way I had seen them in books and prepared slides in my tropical medicine training.

27 Aug 2008 / 3 minute read

Lauralee

Doctor

Alumni of the January 2008 PPD in Bonn

Every member of MSF international staff completes a training course before they begin their posting. That course is the PPD.

23 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

Lauralee

Doctor

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan — Part 3

Cow's milk and sorghum (millet) are the staples of the Nuer diet. Maize (corn), okra and sesame are also cultivated.

21 Aug 2008 / 1 minute read

The entry I wanted to make on Mother's Day

The mothers of Lankien, like most mothers, work incredibly hard. In addition to caring for their children, they spend hours carrying water, preparing food, and working in their gardens.

19 Aug 2008 / 1 minute read

When you educate a woman

"When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family." — Robert Morrison MacIvor

18 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan — Part 2

"A people whose material culture is as simple as that of the Nuer are highly dependent on their environment.

17 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

Immunization and Maternal Health

In 1983, when I started to practice in Ontario, Canada, the routine schedule of immunization covered only a hand-full of infections: diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, measles,

16 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan—Part 1

I have been remiss in not writing more about the Nuer people themselves.

15 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read