Your Mission

In sub-Saharan Africa, the Department of Health uses valuable resources to treat illnesses that could have been prevented by vaccination. Since the start of regional civil wars, the population has decreased by about 60%. Most deaths were due to malaria, pneumonia, and malnutrition. Normal poverty conditions were made worse by displaced populations living in unsanitary and overcrowded areas. The temporary camps established for dislocated villagers lacked shelter, water, food, and medicine.

With only 20 physicians per 100,000 people in the region, registered nurses often assume the role of physicians in local clinics. Nurses are responsible for ordering medicine, caring for patients, diagnosing illnesses, and administering medicines and vaccines.

For this project you are the head nurse in charge of restocking and re-staffing five clinics that were abandoned when civil war broke out in a small, African country. The conflict has finally ended and your job is to transport medicine and health care workers to the villages. The roads are poor and materials must be delivered by four-wheel drive vehicles, scooters, or on foot. In preparation for transporting staff and supplies to the clinics, you will calculate populations, distances, cost of medicine, and doses of medicine. This is an incredibly important job and will save hundreds of lives.