tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47211625685966210022024-03-13T13:40:11.145-07:00Doctors of the World's Frontline Diaries<b> Read about our volunteers in the field, as well as providing medical care for vulnerable people around the world, our volunteers are also frontline witnesses to some of the world's worst human and natural disasters.</b>Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-91012519146357179152012-08-23T07:00:00.000-07:002012-08-23T07:01:40.288-07:00Working with HIV/AIDs sufferers in Vietnam by Antonino Faibene
Raising awareness Photo by Lahcene Abib
British volunteer Antonino Faibene has worked with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for over 5 years in various roles ranging from head of mission, advisor and Programme coordinator. In 2011 he worked as General Coordinator based in Hanoi, Vietnam on Doctors of the World’s ‘HIV Prevention and Treatment programme from May to December 2011. On his Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-67776969426161829682012-06-26T09:32:00.002-07:002012-06-26T09:39:31.809-07:00Beth Connelly, volunteer nurse at Project:London
Beth Connelly
Beth Connelly is one of our volunteer nurses and has been at Project:London since 2010. She retrained last year and in addition to her voluntary work she is a fulltime caseload community midwife. As a nurse Beth sees clients in the clinic and does basic health checks, gives advice, makes referrals when necessary and advocates for the service users.
“I was interested Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-25613828157000597932012-05-11T15:00:00.000-07:002012-05-11T15:00:05.684-07:00Celebrating Hannah Headden for International Nurses Day
Hannah Headden photo by Spike Johnson
For international nurses day on the 12th May, the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale we’re highlighting one our lovely volunteer Support workers, Hannah Heddon who works at our healthcare clinic Project:London. The clinic is run by Doctors of the World UK (Médecins du Monde) as part of our work to help vulnerable people worldwide, Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-31870011050666797752012-05-05T07:19:00.000-07:002012-06-07T09:16:53.439-07:00Alison & her mission in Myanmar to celebrate International Midwives' Day
Alison Crabtree
To mark International Midwives Day, Doctors of the World UK is
highlighting the valuable work our international midwives do around the
globe. We want to highlight the fabulous work of one them who is just back from Myanmar (otherwise known as Burma). Alison Crabtree, originally from Yorkshire, is a midwife and also trained as a nurse. She went to work in the Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0Pyapon, Burma16.2843 95.6832212.385902500000002 90.629509000000013 20.182697500000003 100.736931tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-33637941528684172292012-05-02T02:52:00.000-07:002012-05-10T07:07:07.774-07:00Doctors of the World’s Project:London clinic appeals for volunteer doctors
Dr Lucienne Aguirre
Project:London is a health advocacy and plays a unique role in that it serves as a safety net for those who are struggling to access mainstream health services within the NHS. The clinic is run by Doctors of the World UK (Médecins du Monde) in support of its work to help vulnerable people worldwide, Project:London’s ethos is that health is human right.
Project:Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-60956626937277990982012-04-25T06:28:00.002-07:002012-05-10T03:07:03.674-07:00Clare Parsons, support worker at Doctors of the World UK's Project:London
Clare Parsons at Project:London
Clare Parsons started out volunteering as a support worker for Project:London in Bethnal Green. She was there from the very start in 2006, and cleared out and painted the rooms prior to the clinic officially opening. Clare now works closely with vulnerable service users as part of the close follow-up scheme that Project:London runs. She writes up theDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-4429728450641238092012-03-08T14:32:00.002-08:002012-04-24T09:21:13.646-07:00Doctors of the World help survivors of last year's tsunami cope with their grief and rebuild their lives in Japan
Class activites
It is the 1st anniversary since Japan was hit with one of the most powerful earthquakes in history, together with a tsunami, the disaster set off a nuclear explosion. The destruction caused over 15,000 deaths and thousands became missing or injured. 125,000 households were damaged or destroyed.
In the aftermath of the tsunami the Doctors of the WorldDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-33168224416599882132012-02-21T05:03:00.000-08:002012-05-10T09:15:02.403-07:00National Student Volunteering Week; featuring Project:London volunteer Claire Ferrero
It’s National Student Volunteer Week from 20 – 26th February 2012. To highlight the wonderful work of our student volunteers we are sharing the experiences of one of our medical students, Claire Ferraro, who worked as a Support Worker at our Project:London clinic while she studied at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She also appeared in the student BMA news.
Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-68354212489907743612011-10-21T08:56:00.000-07:002012-06-07T09:18:33.018-07:00Dr Paquita de Zulueta fights for those on the margins of society
Dr Paquita de Zulueta
Paquita de Zulueta has been volunteering at Project:London as a doctor for over two years. She’s helped many vulnerable people who are unable to register with a GP. When she’s not volunteering she works as a locum doctor. She has been a GP for 26 years.
Paquita is passionate about Project: London and supports Doctors of the World UK’s work in this area. PaquitaDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.508129 -0.12800551.350007 -0.443862 51.666250999999995 0.187852tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-55348906288099370482011-08-31T09:00:00.000-07:002012-01-31T03:47:34.069-08:00Joanna Kotcher Medical Evaluator in Dolo, Ethiopia
Joanna
returned to work with Doctors of the World (DOW) in August 2011 as a medical
evaluator in Dolo area of Ethiopia. It is located on the border of Somalia. Joanna was sent in response to the famine crisis to create a needs assessment plan.
“There are 4 camps in the Dolo area,
including a transit (border) camp. When we first arrived in the region I
focused on getting aDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-64144194747683241262011-08-10T09:00:00.000-07:002012-01-26T03:10:10.683-08:00Somalia: The Humanitarian trap
Pierre Salignon
Pierre Salignon, Director General of Doctors of the World France writes about the complex situation facing aid agencies who respond to crises such as the famine that is facing Somalia.
He highlights the difficulties of humanitarian relief in Somalia, particularly for workers on the ground that get caught up in politics, looters and the difficulty experienced in accessing Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-23667593117421750282011-07-26T06:35:00.000-07:002012-01-19T03:52:24.951-08:00Listen to Professor Chris Bulstrode and Dr Oda Mukkuaka discussing Haiti on BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio 4
Doctors of the World's Professor Chris Bulstrode, and Haitian surgeon Dr Oda Mukkuaka worked alongside each other in Haiti after the devastating earthquake that struck in January 2011. Doctors of the World invited the surgeon over to the UK to help train him in surgical techniques, so that he in turn can help his colleagues back home. The two explain their work with Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-59961150374677825072011-02-21T03:10:00.000-08:002012-01-19T03:52:36.254-08:00Surgeon Chris Bulstrode on his work with Doctors of the World
Listen to surgeon, Professor Chris Bulstrode, as he talks to BBC Radio Oxford's Malcolm Boyden about his work with us in Haiti and his forthcoming project in Bangladesh.
http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/resources/surgeonchrisbulstrodeonhisworkwithdowuk.aspDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-194980553006077582011-02-02T03:57:00.000-08:002012-01-19T04:32:40.995-08:00Access to Primary Health Care for migrants is a right worth defending by Wayne Farah
As the NHS faces up to the realities of the Government cuts, calls to restrict further migrants’ access to free NHS services, are growing. This is not something new, but the evidence suggests that excluding migrants would actually increase costs, leave all of us at greater risk of ill health, and undermine the integrity of the NHS.
Wayne Farah
Wayne Farah is one of Doctors of the Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-15360345598653354562011-01-12T04:41:00.000-08:002012-01-19T03:56:04.900-08:00Haiti: 1 Year After the Earthquake
5th January 2011
To pull through this emergency, keep the promises made to the Haitians.
Since the earthquake on 12th January 2010, Haitians have been surviving essentially thanks to the mobilisation of international assistance. On the ground, conditions for survival remain extremely precarious and the UN & member states are far from meeting their commitments. Reconstruction work isDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-42756099645267759102010-10-22T09:13:00.000-07:002012-01-05T06:12:51.513-08:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Grabbing a lift by boat - a touching and lasting memory
Our taxi to the village
So at the end of this week I will be leaving. Myanmar is a beautiful country and when I get onto that plane on Saturday evening I will be taking some wonderful memories home with me.
Here is just one of them...
We have travelled to most of the villages by boat along the branches of the Ayarawady, but the final village in the pilot programme was only accessible by carDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-13024479163760777052010-10-22T09:04:00.000-07:002012-05-10T07:31:48.373-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Developing a new Health Education model in rural Myanmar (Burma)
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Doctors of the World meeting with villagers
I am nearing the end of my mission, so I am beginning to get anxious about all the work that I still have to do. I have been working on remodeling the health education programme and we are about to start piloting the new model. It is quite exciting, but a little nerve wracking as well.
One of the main concerns since I have been here has Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-13891085936713145852010-10-18T03:37:00.000-07:002010-10-18T03:37:00.272-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Dressing like a localI now wear a longye to work every day, it is such a sensible garment in this heat and so comfortable. I started with a nice red one that the office staff gave me and decided to build up my supply so that I could wear a fresh one each day. When Thomas was here we went to the market and I bought two. They are really pretty, you buy them just as a piece of pre-cut fabric. I think most people mustDoctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-60163512017846902032010-10-16T03:27:00.000-07:002010-10-16T03:27:00.372-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Something going bump in the nightWe spent that night in Daw Naing, the largest village in South East Pyapon. Doctors of the World has a sub-base there. It is a building where the field teams can stay when they are in the area. The sleeping room is on the first floor and was incredibly hot, I gave it a bit of a clean up before we put our mats down and hung up our mosquito nets. The washing and toilet facilities were basic. I Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-69445423598644133772010-10-14T03:26:00.001-07:002010-10-14T03:35:52.898-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - A field trip to Phongyethung
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Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-11020389215392296452010-09-11T04:19:00.000-07:002010-09-13T04:49:22.939-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Out and about meeting Village Health Committees & Community Health Workers
Observing a Village Health Committee
I have been out in the field on various field trips, to meet the members of the Village Health Committees and Community Health Workers and villagers in the villages where the project is focusing. Generally we have to travel by boat along branches of the Ayarawady River.
The travel by boat is wonderful, people live by the riverside in bamboo houses on Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-58261995398096928342010-09-09T04:04:00.000-07:002010-09-09T04:35:00.444-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Building a sustainable healthcare system
Going over notes after a day in the field
I have now been in Myanmar (Burma) for a month and have seen and done so many things for the first time in my life, that it really feels as though I have been here for at least a year!
I arrived in Yangon, the capital, on the 30th July and had to spend the next four days waiting for my travel authority so that I could go down to the Delta region, Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721162568596621002.post-86205612663176484432010-08-02T02:35:00.000-07:002010-09-09T04:35:41.110-07:00Jo, Myanmar (Burma) - Leaving for my mission as a Health Advisor
I’m very excited... a new country and a new challenge.
My visa for Myanmar (Burma) has finally arrived and I leave next week for Yangon and my three month mission in the Irrawaddy Delta region.
Since the devastating Cyclone Nargis in 2008, Doctors of the World have been maintaining a programme aimed at strengthening the Community-based health services in Pyapon Township. (A township is Doctors of the World UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564955369624928468noreply@blogger.com0