Country Introduction Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands. Capital Malabo, on Bioko Island, has Spanish colonial architecture and is a hub for the country’s prosperous oil industry. Estimated...
Introduction Ghana, a country on the West Coast of Africa, is one of the most thriving democracies on the continent. Accra is the capital of Ghana, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It has often been referred to as an “island of peace” in one of the...
Background of air ambulances/medevac in West Africa West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost sub-region of the continent of Africa. West Africa has been defined...
Current international duty of care requirements guide companies, especially those with cross-border operations on the need to provide suitable medical facilities for their expatriate and local workforce. This is more important at remote locations far from developed...
The offshore petroleum environment is ideally suited for air medical transport, as injuries are common and medical illnesses are to be expected. The risk of contracting an infectious disease is a very real risk for anyone working in Africa. Therefore companies must...
Health and safety is a big issue for the mining sector but especially in West Africa (i.e Mali, Senegal, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria) where the sector is highly informal and very fragmented. Furthermore, many of the mines are located at some distance from specialist...
