I’ve spent the last 15 years of my career at a large, biotech drug company in the US, so making the move to an NGO and moving to Swaziland has been a bit of an adjustment... as you can imagine.
Compared to what I have heard about most MSF mission housing I suspect I do live in a palace. There are six expat homes in Nhlangano and I live in Garden House.
I had an interesting discussion with one of the pharmacy technicians that really awakened me to the reality of working in a poor, rural area… “When reconstituting powered antibiotics for children,
We hold Pharmacy Assistant (PA) Trainings each month which allows the pharmacy team to come together, have lessons on relevant topics, and discuss issues/updates about the mission, their work and w
For the region of Shiselweni, the MSF staff includes one pharmacist, four pharmacy technicians, and 12 pharmacy assistants (six are in school and therefore work in the clinics intermittently).
All of the 22 primary health clinics in Shiselweni has a dispensary and a pharmacy storeroom. The stock comes mainly from Central Medical Stores (CMS) which is part of the Ministry of Health.
Since arriving in 2007, MSF has prioritized decentralizing HIV and TB services from the hospital and two health centers in the bigger towns, to the 22 primary health clinics across the Shiselweni r
