Helen has been working in Reading as an obstetrician for 20 years, and as a Consultant Obstetrician for the past 14 years. Her special interest include labour ward management, HIV/AIDS in obstetrics, and Bereavement and PTSD counselling in Obstetrics. She is the director of Sponsor a Nurse, a charity which supports hospitals in developing countries, particularly in the area of recruitment and retention of qualified staff, and regularly visits a hospital in Uganda to teach and support the staff. She has been a faculty member on several occasions on the RCOG/Liverpool Tropical School Obstetric life saving skills course.

Peter spent 18 years working overseas as an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, mainly in Africa. He has published many papers, in peer reviewed journals, on the management of obstetric problems in resource poor countries. He was RCOG District Tutor while working in the NHS for 12 years. He has recently been a faculty member on a RCOG/Liverpool Tropical School Obstetric life saving skills course in Malawi. He has been the DHC Course Director and Obstetric Day Facilitator and Lecturer for the last 6 years and has helped to set up, and participated in, a similar course in Nigeria. He is also the Obstetric Sub Editor of DHC CD Rom.

Ruth has worked for The Leprosy Mission in various roles from 1982-2007, in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, contributing to both hospital-based and field projects, and also training and research. Since leaving Bangladesh in June last year, she continues from home to do odd jobs in the leprosy arena (such as acting as referee for Leprosy Review and speaking/writing on behalf of TLM). She has been a participant on the developing health course 3 times and a speaker once before

Jane graduated in 1998 with an MSc (travel medicine) from the University of Glasgow and has since specialised in this field, teaching and writing, while still works part time in a practice in Bedford. Chair of the Royal College of Nursing Travel Health Forum 2000-2006, Honorary Lecturer in Travel Medicine, Academic Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines at the Royal Free & University College Medical School and Founder Fellow of the Faculty of Travel medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow - Jane is also involved within the International Society of Travel Medicine. She has a specialist interest in topics such as running a travel clinic, patient group directions, risk assessment but particularly malaria prevention.

Mr Corran was in NHS General Dental Practice for 11 years and a Vocational Trainer. During this time he worked for short periods in Zambia and Tanzania. A protracted illness and a hand disability prevented ongoing clinical work, and he is now office based, with additional legal qualifications. He has lectured on this topic for the past 5 years at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

After gaining the FRCS in 1983, Mike worked in Umtata, South Africa where he gained an immense practical surgical experience. He moved to Harare, Zimbabwe in 1986 and was appointed Consultant Surgeon in Bulawayo in in 1989. He started a Flying Surgeon service there in 1991, visiting more than 10 local district & mission hospitals regularly. He became Head of the Surgical Department at the Private Hospital in Bulawayo and was appointed Inaugural Professor in Clinical Practice at the new Medical School in 2005. He became a Founding Fellow of the College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa, and ran its Membership Examinations. Sadly he had to leave Zimbabwe owing to political, social and financial constraints He was appointed as Chef de Clinique in charge of Surgical Emergencies at the University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 2008.

Christine has been working at LAMB hospital and community health & development project for nearly 18 years, where she was involved both in service delivery and training, and in women's advocacy. LAMB has facilitated community- run safe delivery units, as well as being a Government Skilled Birth Attendant training centre. She has adapted and facilitated the Management of Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma course for use in Bangladesh, and been involved in the training of advanced level midwives. She has also had training in obstetric fistula repair and established a fistula unit at LAMB.

Dr Foster worked as a Consultant Anaesthetist in Nepal for 6 years and at the MRI for the past 3 years. He has extensive teaching experience in anaesthesia relevant to developing countries and in skills training. He has taught on the subject previously on the Oxford "Anaesthesia for remote locations", at the Manchester Medical Society meeting and as a contributor to this Course.

Professor Guillebaud has an international reputation within the field of population issues and family planning. He has 24 years' experience as a Gynaecologist at UCL and heading the Margaret Pyke Family Planning Centre in London and continues in clinical practice (now Oxford-based) while lecturing on contraception and population, both in the UK and abroad. He has written extensively on the subject. Having been brought up in Rwanda, he has a keen personal interest and understanding of the issues as they affect the developing world. He is our longest serving lecturer, having presented this session at every course for the last 25 years (or more!)

Elizabeth Hardinge worked for over 20 years as a Physiotherapist at Gahini Hospital in Niger, setting up a training curriculum there. She has also written the national curriculum for training in Physiotherapy for Rwanda which, she continues to visit. She has been a regular contributor to this course over of a number of years.

Mary worked as a Nurse & Midwifery tutor in Africa for 15 years and has made many return visits over the last 10 years. She currently teaches on the multi professional under graduate health training programme of nursing and is also involved with the Postgraduate programme. Her counselling work involves weekly private practice in an Oxfordshire GP surgery. She is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the Association of Christian Counsellors and the Transcultural Nursing Association.

Tony Jefferis has worked as a consultant in ENT within the NHS for over 20 years. He is Associate Post Graduate Dean in Oxford and a teacher in effective education skills on the RCP 'Physicians as Educators' Courses. He has had short term overseas experience in India, Uganda and Armenia.

Mike was appointed Consultant Physician in 2005 having been Associate Specialist at RIDU in Edinburgh from 1989 to 2005. He regularly lectures on Infectious Diseases, Travel and Tropical Medicine, and HIV and has lectured on this course since 1997. He attends the Conferences of the Federation of International Tropical Medicine Societies and international Society of Travel Medicine and visits Zambia for 2 weeks each year as part of the Lothian-Zambia HIV/AIDS Partnership. He is an external examiner for the Diploma in Travel Medicine run by RCP&S Glasgow.

Chris Lavy has recently returned to the UK after working for 10 years as Professor of Orthopaedics at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Malawi. He has wide experience of trauma management, and the research into and treatment of orthopaedic conditions in a resource poor setting. He was instrumental in the development of the new Beit Cure Hospital in Malawi for the treatment of Paediatric Orthopaedic deformities. He has lectured at the course on a number of previous occasions and has considerable experience of both post and undergraduate teaching. He is an advisor in research and training to CURE International.

Vicky trained as a general practitioner in UK but lived and worked in Malawi for 10 years. When she went out in 1996 there was no palliative care in the country despite the enormous need created by the HIV epidemic. She set up a palliative care service for children at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi and initiated national training in palliative care. Since returning to UK she has worked in adult and paediatric palliative care and has written a toolkit for integrating palliative care into home-based care in resource-limited settings.

Dr Leppard has been a Consultant Dermatologist for 36 years and worked as a Consultant Dermatologist and Associate Professor of Dermatology at Tumaini University at the Regional Dermatology Training Centre at KCMC, Tanzania for 10 years. She is the most experienced Dermatologist in the UK with regard to tropical dermatology and the author of several textbooks on Dermatology including one on Tropical Skin Diseases. She has been a regular lecturer on the course for the last 6 years

Dr Veronica Moss has 19 years experience in HIV/AIDS medicine; most of that time also involved in teaching and training doctors, nurses and other health workers at all levels about all aspects of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, both in the UK and in many other countries, especially in Africa, Eastern Europe, India and Hong Kong. She has presented papers at many international conferences. She has worked in the UK, Uganda (nearly 6 years), India (2 years), and for shorter periods in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.

David is a Consultant Paediatrician. His current interests are in Infectious diseases, immunisation and emergency medicine. He teaches Imperial College medical students and is a Clinical Tutor for Paediatrics. He is currently training to become an APLS instructor. During Paediatric training David studied for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and hygiene at Liverpool and subsequently spent two years (1998/9) as a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics at Mbarara University Uganda. This was one of the most enjoyable and challenging parts of his career. It combined clinical work with bedside teaching, tutorials, lectures and examinations for the undergraduates. He had the opportunity to visit several mission hospitals and community health centres in Uganda on teaching safari's and learned a lot from them in the process. He is delighted to be a part of this faculty and hopes to pass on practical knowledge and skills that participants will find useful on the ground.

Catherine O'Keefe has 18 years experience in HIV/AIDS Care and the training of health workers, working in Thailand, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. She has taught & presented in many countries and at international conferences. She is responsible for the development and delivery of a Manchester University validated Diploma in the HIV/AIDS Care and Management, with an emphasis on Home Based Care, recently up-graded to Degree level, and being taught in Kenya and Uganda.

Nigel Pearson worked as a District Medical Officer in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the nineties with the Church Mission Society. For the last 8 years he has worked in General Practice in the UK during which time he has also undertaken consultancy work for several UN and international agencies, carrying out health and humanitarian assessments in crisis situations in Africa. He recently wrote the reproductive health strategy for Southern Sudan. He is course coordinator for a public health in crisis and transitional contexts course for the British based NGO, Merlin. He has been a regular contributor to this course over a number of years.

Tim has been working in Hong Kong as an emergency physician for 12 years, and as a Consultant Emergency Physician for the past 4 years. His special interests include trauma, stroke, acute coronary care syndrome and the role if circulating nucleic acids as early diagnostic and prognostic markers. He is the director of the academic unit in Hong Kong and also Honorary Chief of Service of the clinical department.

Having trained as a paediatrician Mary worked in S Africa in both teaching and rural hospitals, focussing on paediatrics but involved in all aspects for 5years. She then spent 5 years working with Healthcare Christian Fellowship, as International Children's Ministry coordinator, which involved preparing training materials and teaching in over 30 countries about caring for sick and dying children and their families. Following this, Mary spent 5 years in North India as clinical paediatrician, also involved in teaching and training doctors and nurses, and in HIV/AIDS programmes and teaching. She is now preparing to be going to China to teach doctors there.

John Rennie retired in August 2006 from his post at Consultant Surgeon at KCH where he had worked for many years. He spent two years in India earlier in his career and set up a charity (BOMS) on his return. He has organised and taught on Basic Surgical Skills courses throughout sub Saharan Africa and is a recent past Chairman of the overseas section of the Association of Surgeons of GB and Ireland.

Bruce was a Reconstructive and Trauma surgeon for 11 years at the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara, 200 miles west of Kathmandu. He also did a day a week in the local mission leprosy Hospital. He completed several clinical research projects and training programs for national surgeons. His current work is mainly facial reconstruction for children and adults with facial deformity. He is a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.

Evelyn Sharpe is a Consultant Psychiatrist at InterHealth and carries out psychological assessment of candidates applying to various aid, development and mission agencies. She is also available for consultation about mental health problems with individuals or organisations. She combines her work at InterHealth with a post as an NHS consultant in London. Evelyn has been at InterHealth since 1991 and has visited countries in Asia, Africa and Europe in connection with her work here. Like the other members of the Psychological Health Services team she also does confidential reviews and crisis debriefing. Evelyn also has some theological training and is interested in teh interaction of spiritual and psychological factors. In 2006 she became a member of the newly formed Faculty of Travel Medicine under the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)

Dr Ian Smith worked for 16 years in Nepal in hospital medicine, community health, and tuberculosis control. He has worked for the last 8 years with the World Health Organization, with the last six years spent at WHO HQ in Geneva. He has over 20 years experience in different aspects of tuberculosis - including clinical management, and public health control measures, at the local, district, national and global levels. He has consulted on tuberculosis control in 10 countries of Asia and Eastern Europe.

Dr Spillman has worked as a Consultant Paediatrician for the past 10 years and is RCPCH College Tutor in his department. He is RCPCH College Tutor and a Board member of the RCPCH Master Course project (developing key training materials) and co-edits the website. He has taught RCPCH College Tutors in London and Scotland. He provides video clips used in the MRCPCH examinations. He has lectured on Paediatric topics locally, nationally and in Africa on numerous occasions. He spent six years working in a mission hospital in Uganda including three years as Medical Superintendent.

Dr Stewart, who has worked for 20 years in Pakistan, has worked in Public Health in the UK for the past 8 years and has taught the subject many times to both specialist and lay audiences, to undergraduates and postgraduates. He is an accredited University Teacher in the University of Liverpool and has been involved in medical education for the past 11 years.

Prior to taking up his current post in 1990, Professor Tomkins lived and worked in Africa for 15 years with a focus on research and programmes in nutritional interventions, more recently in HIV. He now works on projects in Zambia, Malawi and Kenya and now works part-time at ICH and assists Tear Fund, Viva and UNICEF with their work, mainly in Africa.

Dr Walker has worked as a Consultant in health care of the elderly for the last 11 years. He has previously worked in both the Gambia and in Tanzania. He is involved in ongoing research projects in Tanzania as well as being UK clinical coordinator for the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust/Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) higher education link. He lectures on hypertension and stroke in sub-Saharan Africa on a yearly basis to the Diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene course at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Over the years he has lectured on a wide range of medical subjects.

Prior to taking up her current post in the Wirral, Maureen Wilkinson held the post of Senior Government Psychiatrist in Malawi for some 6 years, helping to develop the psychiatric services within that country. She has a wide experience of Mental Health matters as they related to the African scene. She teaches mental health on the Liverpool and London Diploma courses in Tropical Medicine and has been a lecturer on this course for a number of years.

After initial training in General Practice, Alison became interested in Obstetrics and Gynaecology while working in the Nazareth Hospital in Israel. On returning to the UK she undertook further training, obtaining the MRCOG and then went, as a mission partner with the Church of Scotland, to a rural hospital in Chogoria, Kenya in 1992. For the last 14 years, she has run the Maternity and Gynaecological services in that hospital, being responsible for standards of care and for teaching as well as providing clinical services. She was elected FRCOG in 2005.

Dr Nick Wooding has been a GP in Oxford since 2004. Prior to that he worked for six years at in Uganda and was Medical Superintendent of what was called one of the best run and fastest growing hospitals in Uganda - Kiwoko Hospital. As well as gaining a wide experience in the time he spent there, Nick has also spoken on the subject of hospital management in the developing world for the Oxford University MPH Programme and at Fuller Theological Seminary. He can also look at his subject from a donor perspective as a member of the Board of ECHO.

Prof Wyatt is a frequent lecturer in neonatology in UK and internationally. He has a long-standing interest in the care of newborns in low-resource settings and has short term overseas experience in Uganda, South Africa and Zambia. He is helping to lead a multidisciplinary team based in London and South Africa developing custom-designed human-powered medical equipment for use in low resource settings. He is Chairman of the Study Group of the Christian Medical Fellowship and co-Director of the UCL Centre for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine.

As well as his normal daily work, Dr Yorston is involved in teaching and training programmes for Vision 2020 in Africa and Latin America. He has been training eye health workers in developing countries since 1985. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, most of which relate to prevention of blindness in the Third World.