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Dr Chris Schull’s book Common Medical Problems in the Tropics has been distributed to doctors, nurses and health workers in developing countries around the globe, who, in Dr Schull’s words, “Often have no textbooks, no laboratory services and rarely have the help of any consultant but are confronted daily with complex problems and life-threatening situations”. The AMA Queensland Foundation donated $40,000 to produce Common Medical Problems in the Tropics. Q

TROPICS TEXTBOOK GOES GLOBAL

FOUNDATION

Myanmar

two thirds OF THE WORLD’S

p o o r LIVE IN AUSTRALIA’S REGION

Malawi

sri lankaSomaliland

uganda

Papua new guinea

east timor

Northern territory pacific

islands

Indonesia

vanuatulocations of Dr Schull’s bookCommon Medical Problems in the tropics

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300AUSTRALIAN AID WILL TRAIN

more than 300 NEW MIDWIVES IN EAST AFRICA

by 2015FACTS: www.ausaid.gov.au/about/pages/fastfacts.aspx

BELOW: Students in Vanuatu receive the first textbook that they are allowed to take home to study.

BELOW: Sri Lanka BELOW: Neil Mackintosh delivers in Myanmar