Dr. Erica Frank wins Velji Faculty Award for Global Health Excellence
Dr. Erica Frank has won the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)’s 2015 Velji Faculty Award for Global Health Excellence. Dr. Frank receives this award for her “demonstration of committed, creative approaches to serving underserved populations.” The Velji Family Foundation annually celebrates global health education, research and service by honoring individuals and projects that […]
Missives from Sierra Leone
Clinical Professor, Dr. Mike Rekart, is working in a MSF Ebola case management centre in Sierra Leone. Here are his messages from the front lines of the Ebola crisis.
Dr. Sabrina Wong appointed as Interim Director of CHSPR
Dr. Wong is a Professor in the UBC School of Nursing and a faculty member of CHSPR. Her appointment is effective as of January 1, 2015
Missive #13 – January 17, 2015
Blowin’ in the wind The time as I write this last missive from Sierra Leone is 2am on Saturday morning and I am preparing to enter the high-risk zone for one last time. I want to see all of the children again on the off chance that I can do something for one of them. […]
Missive #12 – January 16, 2015
Get the hell out of town My last day shift was calm. Most of our really sick patients have passed away and there have been few admissions in the last couple of days. We had fifty-three patients on Sunday, but that number decreased to below thirty by Thursday. This might be just a statistical blip, […]
Missive #11: January 11, 2015
Death in the afternoon The deaths are starting to get to me. We’ve had fourteen of these in the last six days and many were children and infants. Our Ebola treatment facility at Prince of Wales (POW) School has become a common referral destination for babies, small children, and pregnant women with Ebola. It seems […]
Missive #10 – January 4, 2015
This is such a pity The MSF-Geneva EMC is located within the expansive grounds of a private school named Prince of Wales (POW) that abuts the Atlantic Ocean but has been shut down by Ebola. In fact, all schools in Sierra Leone are closed. The EMC set-up, materials and structures (e.g. Rubhalls and Triganos) are […]
Missive #9 – December 30, 2014
On the road again Christmas was eventful. As I walked to the EMC for my December 25th morning shift, I heard our medical team leader (MTL) talking with our nursing activity manager (NAM) about a request from MSF-Geneva for assistance. Although Bo is operated by MSF-Amsterdam, all of the MSF operating centres (Belgium, Paris, Amsterdam, […]
Missive #8 – December 28, 2014
The hardest part Most of the care for EVD patients is supportive nursing care provided by national and expat nurses – feeding, oral hydration, cleaning, dressing, wound care, comforting, giving oral meds and taking temperatures. The expat doctors and the CHOs (community health officers – similar to physician assistants) start and stop intravenous fluids, place […]
Missive #7 – December 25, 2014
I don’t want a lot for Christmas Happy holidays: http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/25/aid-workers-around-world-working-holidays