Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Doctors Without Borders! Vacancy notice for MD-Obs n Gynae

Medecins Sans Frontieres  (MSF) - Doctors Without Borders!

MSF is constantly looking out for medical professionals for their projects
in India as well as for emergency interventions. 


At present there is a vacancy notice for MD-OBG (MD Obs and Gynae) at our project in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh


If you wish to join, please submit your letter of interest and CV to <msfh-india-admin@field.amsterdam.msf.org>

What is Lyophilization ?

We read of lyophilize vaccines and it is but natural that this question comes to our mind. Lyophilization or freeze drying is a process in which water is removed from a product after it is frozen and placed under a vacuum, allowing the ice to change directly from solid to vapor without passing through a liquid phase. e.g. Measles, BCG vaccine, antibiotics etc.

What is meant by waste disposal ?

During the course of teaching I found that students considered the collection of wastes in dustbins as disposal of waste. This is actually waste collection and not disposal. The steps involved in waste management is waste generation, collection, transportation and disposal. Waste disposal is the final treatment and disposal in waste management process. For more details click on the following link which tells how the waste disposal is defined by Basel Convention, European Union and OECD/Eurostat Joint questionnaire http://scp.eionet.europa.eu/definitions/disposal

If I started Hepatitis B immunization and did not complete the course, what should I do ?

According to guidelines created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) you do not have to restart the vaccine series if you received only one or two doses - even if it has been a few years since your last dose of the vaccine. You only need to complete the series by getting the remaining shot(s).

Recrudescence and relapse in Malaria

Recrudescence is a re-attack of malaria because of the surviving malaria parasites in red blood cells. Characteristic of P.malariae infections. This may be short term or delayed.

Relapse is a re-attack of malaria because of infection by the malarial parasites which were surviving in the liver (i.e. hypnozoites). This is usually a delayed feature.