Time to reflect
For CapaCare, 2019 was the most challenging year since the organizations inception. Sierra Leone can be such a pleasant place to work and at other times equally harsh. We have [...]
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Free virtual conference on Global Surgery – “Tackling a Viral Outbreak”
Free half day international virtual conference: ‘Frontline Global Surgery: Tackling a Viral Outbreak’ This conference is in collaboration with G4Alliance, RCSI Institute of Global surgery, MedTech Foundation and Incision UK. [...]
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Impact of COVID-19 on CapaCare´s activities in Sierra Leone
The COVID-19 has brought much of the world to a standstill and Sierra Leone is no exception. President Julius Maada Bio confirmed the country´s first case on 31st of March [...]
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Official launch of CapaCare Netherlands
CapaCare has proven to inspire many professionals who encounter its work. Therefore the organization has grown in the last ten years on all levels. To sustainably expand all activities structural [...]
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Program Coordinator Erik Wehrens
The in-country Program Coordinator is a key function that keeps our Surgical Training Program in Sierra Leone running from day to day. The Program Coordinator manages, develops and oversees the [...]
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The end of quarantine in Masanga
The last months of 2019 left its mark on our small organization, the surgical training program and Masanga Hospital. In November Lassa fever took the life of our beloved program [...]
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In memoriam Dr. Erdi Huizinga
With great sadness and disbelieve we share that Dr Erdi Huizinga passed away on January 14th 2020. Erdi has been involved in our surgical training programme since the start in [...]
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In memory of Sulaiman P. Kamara
It with sadness that we commemorate the memory of our former colleague Sulaiman P Kamara (Pizarro), who died in Makeni on 28th November, having been cared for in his sudden [...]
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Christmas fundraiser
As Christmas approaches, CapaCare is preparing for the new year and the expansion of the Surgical Training Programme to include paediatric and internal medicine strands, assisted by the expertise of [...]
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In memory of Wouter Nolet
Wouter Nolet 1987 – 2019 Our beloved Programme Coordinator Wouter Willem Eric Nolet, passed away in Leiden on the 23rd of November. Wouter contracted Lassa fever during an emergency surgery [...]
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