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My wife and I went on elective in the summer 2010 at the start of our 5th year. It was at the Mae Tao Clinic (http://maetaoclinic.org/) which is a clinic on the Thai side of the Thai-Burma border in a little town called Mae Sot. It's a great little hospital...
It is hard to try and condense the last three months into a few pages and to express through words all that I have seen, heard, smelt and learnt during this short-term encounter with Asia. As I experienced my nursing elective I came to realise how truly profound and significant...
Tell us about your experience Karen refugees who escape fro Burma live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border whee there is a high prevalence of multidrug resistant malaria. I spent 8 weeks working with the SMRU Malaria research team in these camps (and in the SMRU air-conditioned office!) I helped to...
