Author: Sarem Rashid

Preperation for the next Ebola outbreak

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December 2013 to April 2016 marked the largest epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in recent history, causing 28,000 incidences and nearly 11,000 deaths according to an article by The New England Journal of Medicine. Although the recent outbreak has supplied researchers much more insight about the disease, EVD still remains a volatile force in […]

Tags: Ebola, preperation, vaccine

When Emergency Medicine becomes an emergency: A five-circle progress to optimize the emergency care at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital

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On September 10, 2011, an overcrowded ferry named MV Spice Islander sank off the coast between Unguja and Pemba resulting in more than 187 casualties. A flood of crisis took over the Island as lack of equipment impeded rescue operations, and people on tour boats and makeshift mattress canoes scurried to save their loved ones. […]

Tags: capacity building, emergency medicine, sustainability