PUC

Ludvig has been sharing his diary from his recent posting with the PUC - the Pool d'Urgence Congo. The PUC are Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders' emergency team in Congo, moving fast to tackle crisis situations like disease outbreaks. This is Ludvig's final post...

19 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Bolomba, soon a memory

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's shared his diary with us. Today's entry was written just a few days before he left the remote village of Bolomba, where he and the team had been fighting a dangerous outbreak of measles...

09 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Homesick

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's shared his diary with us. Today's post was written just before he left remote Bolomba, where the team have been fighting a measles outbreak, to begin the long journey home...

29 Oct 2017 / 3 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: On my way to Itotela

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's shared his diary with us. In this post, he prepares to travel south to Itotela, a very remote region affected by a dangerous outbreak of measles...

23 Oct 2017 / 2 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Barefoot medicine

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This post was written six weeks after arriving in Bolomba, a remote area where Ludvig and the team have been fighting an outbreak of measles - one of the leading causes of death in children globally.

20 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: A wifi window to the outside world

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's shared his diary with us. Today he talks about the work of fighting an outbreak in the remote village of Bolomba...

09 Oct 2017 / 3 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Arrival in Bolomba

Ludvig has recently completed an assignment as part of MSF's emergency team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's shared his diary with us. After a two-day journey by boat, he and the team have reached a region experiencing a dangerous measles outbreak...

27 Sep 2017 / 3 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Along the Ikelemb river

Ludvig has recently returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this post, the emergency team are heading up river to reach an isolated community with an outbreak of measles, a highly contagious virus that can be deadly, especially for young children...

22 Sep 2017 / 2 minute read

Ludvig Bolinder

Doctor

A doctor in DRC: Preparing for the Bush

Ludvig has recently returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While there, he kept a diary...

13 Sep 2017 / 2 minute read

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