Frontline Letters

Elizabeth "Izzi" Elliott sits at her desk in the jungle of southern Gabon. She's finished her maternity rounds and takes a short break as a young...

Lebamba, GabonAs you can see, we are having quite an experience over here. We are in a groove right now. We've gotten to know the people and have...

Bongolo Hospital We have planned some busy last days at the hospital this week. We need to leave the compound a day early as they will be closing a...

More Than Meets the Eye Bongolo Hospital sits approximately 150 miles south of the equator in the village of Lebamba, Gabon. Since it is on the...

A 10-year old boy named Jean Paul was admitted to an isolation room at Bongolo Hospital with a deep chronic tropical ulcer on his lower leg. He was...

Honest Insights    Dr. Elizabeth Elliott, a young family practice physician from Virginia was talking with me on the front...

This is a photo of a little Ambari. I met her today at the end of rounds. She was waiting to see Dr. Renee Valach, the internal medicine/pediatrics...

Hello, I am Glenn Hanna president of Bongolo Friends Inc.I am pleased to welcome you to our brand-new Blog and website. Like every other...

Back in the 1980s, when a truck or a shipping container arrived at the Bongolo Hospital from the capital city, Libreville, we could be almost...