The SIU is pleased to welcome Roger Morton and his Protection Against Chemical Exposure (PeACE) Kit project on board. Initially funded by the MSF Sapling Nursery Fund in the UK, the SIU will now support Roger is pushing the kit towards production

At the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit, we endeavour to stay ahead of the curve and look at how new technologies could be implemented in MSF contexts. As part of this, the SIU is publishing a series of guest blogs in which experts in a particular technology can write about their areas of expertise in relation to MSF.

Concentrated oxygen, vital in the care of some of our sickest patients, is challenging to transport and expensive to produce. MSF SIU’s logistician Per-Erik investigates a simple solution to a challenging problem: sunlight.

MSF logisticians are resourceful people. But when a hospital has no mains electricity and is inaccessible by road for a large chunk of the year, even they can find things a bit of a challenge. In the latest post in our Innovation blog, technical logistician Per-Erik tells us about the struggle to keep the lights (and everything else) running at a hospital in DRC.