Episode 9: MSF and Africa's Public Health Crisis
Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) joins The Saibatu Mansaray Journey to discuss the state of affairs in Mother Africa’s public health. This episode we chat with Dr. Mark Sherlock, medical program manager for MSF projects in Nigeria, Iraq and Jordan. Mark sheds some light on an orofacial gangrenous infection known as noma that MSF is currently addressing in Africa. This infection has a very high mortality rate wherein 9 out of 10 children die if the disease goes unnoticed and untreated in a timely manner.
You don’t want to miss:
MSF’s take on Africa’s public health crises
Valuable lessons learned by MSF over the years of their humanitarian work
Road to a healthier Africa
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Dr. Mark Sherlock: Mark has been working in the global health field since 2008. Following an undergraduate degree in Natural Science Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Mark worked as a malaria researcher in Tanzania and Belize. During medical school at Cardiff University in the UK, he continued to undertake malaria and dengue fever control research in Thailand and Peru. Upon graduation he worked as a doctor in infectious diseases and tropical medicine in Liverpool, UK. Following the completion of the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and his formal post graduate exams in internal medicine, Mark transitioned to humanitarian medicine and joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). With MSF he has worked in a variety of stable and unstable humanitarian contexts that includes Kenya, South Sudan, Afghanistan and Malawi. His interests focus on infectious disease control programmes such as HIV, TB, malaria and neglected tropical diseases. He also has a keen interest in health system strengthening and including the local community in healthcare decision making. Currently, Mark works as a Health Advisor with MSF where he is the medical programme manager for MSF projects in Nigeria, Iraq and Jordan.
Twitter – @sherlockmark
