Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Whether a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) project is a response to an emergency or longer-term, provision of reproductive health care will very often be a component.

Among other reproductive health activities, MSF teams conduct antenatal consultations, assist in deliveries (including cesarean section), provide prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) treatment to HIV-positive pregnant women, and care for patients suffering from sexual violence-related injuries. Additionally, a number of MSF programmes offer specialist obstetric repair surgery for women with vaginal fistula.

As an OB-GYN on an MSF mission, your clinical skills and resourcefulness will be put to the test. You will work to diagnose and treat medical conditions not commonly found in South Africa, often without the resources you may be accustomed to having on hand. You can expect to perform both emergency and planned OB-GYN surgeries, manage obstetric complications (such as instrumental deliveries),...