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Maria Norina Liccardo

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About Maria Norina Liccardo
Harvard Airborne IC Course Participant

Role(s) / Profession(s)

  • Architect

Organization

  • Médecins Sans Frontières - MSF
    Website: http://www.msf.org/ Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: Switzerland About: Les Médecins Sans Frontières apportent leur secours aux populations en détresse, aux victimes de catastrophes d'origine naturelle ou humaine, de situation de belligérance, sans aucune discrimination de race, religion, philosophique ou politique. Oeuvrant dans la neutralité et en toute impartialité, les Médecins Sans Frontières revendiquent, au nom de l'éthique médicale universelle et du droit à l'assistance humanitaire, la liberté pleine et entière de l'exercice de leur fonction. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.

Work Location(s)

  • Italy

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Language(s)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese

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    Maria Norina Liccardo replied to "Health Facilities in resource-limited setting" in the TB Infection Control community.

    Dear Grigory, Menno and Ed Thank you all for yours answers. Ed, I actually went to visit PIH site, but as you know in Maseru electricity is avealeble. You said it: "no easy solution without electricity". I agree with Grigory on improving administrative and personal infection control measures and in my experience it is not always done. But still I believe there must be a better solution for the structure in itself even in that ...

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    Maria Norina Liccardo started a discussion "Health Facilities in resource-limited setting" in the TB Infection Control community.

    Dear All, I would like to pose a question on a matter partially discussed during last training in Building Design and Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infections. I work with MSF – Doctors without Borders as log-constructor and we operate often in resource-limited setting (no electricity). Taking as an example my last work experience in Lesotho I would like to receive more feedback on that issue by others facing similar situation. In Lesotho MSF is running ...

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