Chad Chatter

Monthly news from Mark and Andrea working at L'hopital Regional de Bardai, Tibesti, Chad.

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Towards a greener Sahara: Part 4

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The Saharan summer is about as hot as anywhere on earth, at that time of year we live most of our life out of doors or in simple rooms made ...
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Thursday, 7 October 2021

Spot the Vaccine

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In order to try to encourage a higher number of page views for this blog we have decided that it is time to have a competition with an eye ...
Monday, 16 August 2021

Neglected Tropical Disease?

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So what is a neglected tropical disease, and why did UK aid announce new support for them in 2019? To explain let’s start with a normal trop...
Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Crumbs from your table

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At the start of this millennium the HIV pandemic was largely under control in the west but was still wreaking havoc in sub-Saharan Africa. T...
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Sunday, 4 July 2021

Why does it have to be like this?

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My neighbour in Bardai gave birth at home in her  yard,  just an hour or so after  I had been round at her house chatting. We had discussed ...
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Monday, 31 May 2021

Vaccine 5: Acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly?

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EXPEDITED ACCESS FOR COVID-19 IP The following guidance explains how we approach licensing COVI-19 related IP to 3rd parties in these exce...
Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Vaccine 4. Prevention is better than cure

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The Covid-19 satellite hospital at Bardai, a  re-purposed police station.  Cast your minds back to April 2020, the first lockdown had begun ...
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Mark and Andrea
Mark and Andrea Hotchkin currently work at Bardai in the north of Chad helping to develop local hospital services. They are hospital doctors and specialise in surgery, emergency medicine and obstetrics & gynaecology. They believe that the world is an unjust place and are working for equality in healthcare.
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