A day in the life of a STP-student
Breakfast at the canteen is an essential part of the day, and here are the STP students taking 5 minutes together at the start of the day The morning handover [...]
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Christmas fundraiser
This year CapaCare’s Christmas Fundraiser will contribute to the purchase of two all-terrain vehicles – as you can see from the photo the roads can be quite challenging! One for [...]
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Responding to the Wellington accident
Masanga Hospital and CapaCare are deeply saddened by the tragedy in Freetown on November 5th. We are committed to help the government and our colleagues to provide the best care [...]
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Urgent! Fundraising for the burn victims in Freetown
On Friday night a fuel tanker exploded following a collision in the Freetown suburb of Wellington. The death toll on Saturday stood at 99, with more than 100 patients admitted [...]
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10 years of CapaCare – The international research students
Ever since the beginning of CapaCare, it has been an important activity to collaborate with universities, and together with medical students and research fellows facilitating and initiating research projects. We [...]
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10 Years of CapaCare – The expansion into Liberia
It is now ten years since the first students started their journey in the Surgical Training Programme (STP) in Sierra Leone. This was the start of CapaCare providing training in [...]
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Students becoming trainers: The sustainable future of CapaCare
Last month, students of the Surgical Training Program took part in the Abdominal course, learning about surgical and non-surgical problems in the abdomen. This course was led by Dr.Lesley Hunt, [...]
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Rest in peace
With pain in our hearts we want to share that Momoh Lahun Mansaray, one of our Surgical Health Officers, passed away last week. In October 2017 Momoh was selected for [...]
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CapaCare Norway is looking for volunteers
CapaCare søker frivillige til loggbokteamet! CapaCare har stort fokus på forskning og dokumentasjon av aktiviteten i Sierra Leone, derfor har det helt fra starten i 2011 blitt samlet inn anonymiserte [...]
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Graduates join global surgery summer school
During the second ‘Global Surgery & Obs-gyn Summer School’, a unique opportunity was created to gain knowledge and share experiences with people interested in global surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology from [...]
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