"I was exposed to a spectrum of pathologies not normally encountered in the UK such as typhoid related bowel perforations. Unfortunately, patients tended to present late and severely unwell with advanced disease."

“The focus of this field visit will be to assess the impact of increased utilisation of the new Mother’s Shelter/Mother’s Waiting Home has on maternal outcomes at the Kanyanga health post.”

“All doctors in Namibia… once they are working at a DGH they may be the sole anaesthetist. They will be expected to manage emergency cases out of hours, including major trauma and neurosurgical cases that cannot be transferred” 

“Working in a resource limited area also resulted in bi-directional learning. This was a challenging but very rewarding experience and required me to be adaptive and innovative in order to provide the best possible care and lead by example.”

"I’d like to share my experiences from a year living and working in Blantyre. These are just my opinions and observations, but I hope they illustrate how a typical week might pan out"

“The hospital functions remarkably with limited resources. We close abdomens with a sterilised fishing line and use mosquito netting as hernia mesh… Imaging options are x-ray or ultrasound… basic abdominal ultrasound is a new skill that I have quickly learned.”

"The life of residents at the Tikur Anbessa is challenging and complex... However, their thirst for learning, dedication to the specialty and unwavering desire to deliver the best anaesthetic care that they can shone through.

“The CRADLE device has been shown to save lives but to have a long-term, cost-effective and sustainable impact the devices must be long-lasting…, we undertook a project to assess the sustainability of the CRADLE device”

“Our work was looking at a newly created CPAP system… using the concepts of frugal engineering to create a device that would specifically be appropriate to use in healthcare settings in LMICs”