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Mary Jo Frawley, RN, BSN?

Mary Jo Frawley, a registered nurse from Sunset Beach, CA, has worked as a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nigeria, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, and Mexico. Most recently, Mary Jo's work for MSF has included training nurse-midwives in Guerrero, Mexico, and intervening in an emergency response to a potential measles outbreak in Tajikistan. Before leaving for Tajikistan in late 2002, Mary Jo spent 13 months in Sierra Leone improving public health and safe motherhood in conflict areas. In Nigeria and Uganda, Mary Jo worked to contain cholera, Ebola, and measles epidemics. Her first mission in Sri Lanka, was to set up a hospital and ?train Sri Lankan nurses in surgical, maternity, and pediatric nursing.

As a field volunteer with many years of experience in emergency situations and long term-projects, Mary Jo has worked to contain infectious disease outbreaks, malnutrition and the devastating effects of armed conflict. Her nursing work with MSF has been similarly varied, taking her from long-term mobile clinic work in West Africa to short-term emergency interventions in _______.

Originally from Vermont, Mary Jo received her bachelor's degree in nursing science from Chapman College in Santa Ana, CA in 20__. Prior to that, In 19__ she studied Recreational Therapy at Ithaca College, NY, receiving a __ degree. Before joining MSF, she worked at Long Beach Memorial Center, specializing in pediatric intensive care and emergency nursing. She has also worked closely with HELPS International in their Surgery and Recovery programs.

Doctors Without Borders is one of the world's largest independent international medical relief agencies, aiding victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and others who lack health care due to geographic remoteness or ethnic marginalization in more than 80 countries.

On October 15, 1999 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for its "pioneering humanitarian work on several continents."