004 Providing healthcare in low resource and disaster situations

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In this episode, Mark discusses his experience with the University's Global Health program and Gates Foundation in Nepal, and the team's approach to capacity building. He explores the importance of teamwork and how it works in disaster response, in contrast to low- resource environments.

Professor Dr Mark Hauswald works quarter- time at University of New Mexico  as Co-Director of International Health Programs. He is active in both the 'Society for Academic Emergency Medicine' and 'American College of Emergency Physicians'  international groups. Additionally, he and his Obstetrician wife, Dr Nancy Kerr, have extensive international experience as well as providing clinical care at the Navajo Area Health Service.

Mark and Nancy were some of the first medical staff deployed by the United States to Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Additionally, they have extensive experience in providing medical care in difficult-to-reach locations. Mark has researched and explored low-resource health care services repeatedly through his professional life, anchored with his tenured positions at major American Medical Centres and Universities.