CASES FROM THE FIELD
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – STELLAH CHILEMBO
This blog will capture the many diverse roles played by employees and volunteers across the Virtual Doctors. I’m a final ...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – SHAKERRIE ALLMOND
My name is Livi. I’m a final year university student in the UK and am planning a career in journalism. As such, I’m interested in...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – LAVAN NALLAINATHAN
This blog will capture the many diverse roles played by employees and volunteers across the Virtual Doctors. I’m a recent graduat...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – IAN KERR
This blog will capture the many diverse roles played by employees and volunteers across the Virtual Doctors. I’m a recent...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – DR SIMON GAZELEY
This blog will capture the many diverse roles played by employees and volunteers across the Virtual Doctors. I’m a final year uni...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS BLOG – DR DANIEL GRACE
My name is Livi Woosey. I’m a final year university student in the UK and am planning a career in journalism. As such, I’m intere...
04
Sep
VIRTUAL DOCTORS AT THE WORLD EXTREME MEDICINE CONFERENCE
Two of our volunteer doctors, Jo Withers and Daniel Grace, were recently involved in the World Extreme Medical Conference in Edinburgh! They took this great opportunity to promote our cause to delegates. Here are Jo’s impressions:
04
Sep
SURGERY IN THE FIELD
‘Zambia has been hit by a terrible drought and most people are now going for days without food’. Clinical Officer, Zambia November 2019.
04
Sep
STROKE
‘Zambia has been hit by a terrible drought and most people are now going for days without food’. Clinical Officer, Zambia November 2019.
04
Sep
SPOTLIGHT ON MEDICAL STUDENT VOLUNTEER IZZY DEGROOT
the Virtual Doctors’ volunteer medical students supporting the ‘Doctors of Last Resort’ Team (from left to right): El...
04
Sep
SNAKE BITE
Travelling to the Southern Province we find ourselves surrounded by agriculture and rural beauty. It is the home of Mosi-ao-Tunya (...
04
Sep
SICKLE CELL CRISIS
VIRTUAL DOCTORS WORK
This month our case comes from the Chongwe district found in the Lusaka province of Zambia. This distri...
04
Sep
SHINGLES
Virtual Doctors work
This month’s case comes from the Chikupi clinic, a clinic we haven’t visited in the blog before. Ch...
04
Sep
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
The Virtual Doctors work
This month we are back in Chongwe at the Rural Health clinic. Chongwe RHC is in Chongwe district in...
04
Sep
PRE-ECLAMPSIA
The Virtual Doctors work
I am delighted to report that this last month has seen an increasing number of cases referred from ...
04
Sep
PELLAGRA
Virtual Doctors Work
Found at the south eastern foot of a range of granite hills Kafue sits on the north bank of the Kafue r...
04
Sep
OSTEOMYELITIS – TEAM WORK
Virtual Doctors Work
This month we return to a familiar district, Chongwe in the Lusaka province. A beautiful area with the ...
04
Sep
ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
Worldwide around 3 million deaths per year result from the harmful use of alcohol. The Clinical Officers in the Facilities we support in Sub-Saharan Africa face similar challenges: they often have to deal with conditions where alcohol is a causal or contributing factor.
04
Sep
MYCETOMA
VIRTUAL DOCTORS WORK
As we move from Summer to Autumn in the UK and we see rain causing so much disruption and devastation a...
04
Sep
MOUNT MAKULU CLINIC VISIT
Doctor Robert Mills and his wife recently visited Zambia, marking his return after 50 years since he first arrived in the c...
04
Sep
MARTIN DEDICOAT: SECOND WAVE UPDATE
Following on from his account last spring, I spoke to Martin again to get an update on how the second ...
04
Sep
MARTIN DEDICOAT: ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE COVID-19 RESPONSE
Dr. Martin Dedicoat is a consultant in infectious diseases at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and also on...
04
Sep
March-april 2021 Newsletter
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04
Sep
MALNUTRITION
The Virtual Doctors Work
Earlier this year virtual doctors had a big expansion, taking on new districts and supporting more ...