publications

Elective Reviews: Papua New Guinea

St Margaret's Health Centre, 2004 - Hannah Ellis, nursing elective

As a nursing student studying in Birmingham, I was used to working with people from different cultural backgrounds, but nothing could have prepared me for Papua New Guinea. Arriving at the health centre, there was little to distinguish the building as a hospital and I noticed the great need for an...
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St Barnabas Health Centre, Dogura, 2001 - Suzie Havard, medical elective

For my medical elective, I spent five weeks at the St. Barnabas Health Centre in Dogura, working under the supervision of the two expatriate doctors recruited by VSO. St. Barnabas is the chief health centre of the Rabaraba district, serving a population of 20,000, with in-patient wards for...
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