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Stories From the Skies: Regional (Air Ambulance) Medical Evacuation /Medevac
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...
Remote Site Medicine at the Flying Doctors Nigeria
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...
Infectious diseases, medical evacuation and offshore medicine in Africa
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 Safety in Mining/Solid Minerals Sectors
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...
Air Ambulance In Africa – By Dr Ola Brown
Our founder Dr Ola has published a piece on air ambulances in Africa on the blog of the world economic forum. The blog piece covers: The role of air ambulances in Africa Why air ambulances are important for Africa Why and how the Flying Doctors Nigeria Air Ambulance...
AEROMEDICAL TRANSPORTATION IN WEST AFRICA – REPUBLIC OF NIGER
Officially, the Republic of Niger is a country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. The capital city is Niamey, located in the far-southwest corner of the country. Niger is bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria and Benin to the...