No. The majority of our volunteers have a medical or nursing background but we also need skilled support staff. This include:
- Paramedical professionals (nutritionists, laboratory scientist)
- Logistical support staff/technical experts (general logisticians, water and sanitation engineers)
- Financial controllers
MSF does not recruit the following professionals as expatriate staff:
- Acupuncturists
- Aroma therapists
- Oncologists
- Dentists / dental surgeons
- Dieticians
- Doctors of traditional Chinese medicine
- BUMS (Unani), BAMS (Ayurveda) and BHMS (Homeopathy)
- Massage therapists
- (Most) super-specialised surgeons
- Occupational therapists
- Ophthalmologists
- Traditional birth attendants
(MSF may very occasionally recruit any of the profiles mentioned above to work in one of the projects in India)