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Report on the Tropical Medicine course for nurses:
A bright sun.
Actually it was not a day to sit inside.

And just today, MWV organises another information and training day about tropical diseases for the benefit of nursing staff that, as volunteers, worked or are going to work in the Tropics, in order to expand their medical knowledge in African pathogenic micro flora and fauna.

Dr. Jean Van Hauwaert, paediatrician, has been working with Medics Without Vacation already since 1999. After 10 missions, we summarise his work as paediatrician.

How was your first mission for MWV?

The first time that I went to Africa, I went to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was in the course of 'Atelier de Perfection' which was organised in the capital by professors of the university. It was the goal to give theoretical education to doctors of the country. I soon noticed that, without practice, it would be very difficult to provide a good training. Besides a great need for knowledge, there is a great need for equipment and infrastructure...