Desert Medicine Course – Damaraland, Namibia, August 2008

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Mark Hannaford

Namibia was the location for Expedition Medicine’s first Desert Medicine Course 

The dramatic landscapes of Namibia

 
2009 dates for Desert Medicine Course; 19th – 25th of April.
Author: Dr Claire Roche
A country famous for its Skeleton coast, an eerie graveyard of numerous shipwrecks which have fallen victim to its rough waters, home to towering sand dunes and of [...]

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Off road vechicle safety by our offroad guru in Namibia Faan Oesthuizen

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Mark Hannaford

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine recently ran it first highly succesful Desert Medicine course in Namibia and it was highlighted on the course that one of biggest dangers facing you in remote locations is actually the travel there and back in local transport.
Below Faan Oesthuizen of Kaurimbi Expeditions gives his top tips for defensive four wheel [...]

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Desert Medicine training course Namibia

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Mark Hannaford

This has got to be one of the most superbly located medical training courses in the world. With a base camp in the shadow of the countries highest mountain – Burnt Mountain or Brandberg in a river valley frequented by desert elephants the training syllabus with explore this region as well as the plains in [...]

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