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Bo Hospital Library

Key Information

Location:  Bo Government Hospital, Bo, Sierra Leone


Opening hours: 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday


Library staff:  Alex B Marah (Bo library administrator), Komba A Momoh (AHL library coordinator)


Library members:  Hospital staff and clinical students on placements at Bo Government Hospital. Current membership stands at over 480


Date library opened: February 2014


Bo Hospital Library follows the borrowing and data recording systems described in the Manual: How to plant and grow a library (free to download from 'All downloads' page)


The library has its own Facebook page: www.facebook.com/bohospitallibrary/

Looking Ahead

Bo Hospital Library is currently housed in a temporary unit, which limits important work on further increasing access to high-quality medical information.  


We want to build an educational Resource Centre at the hospital. This facility would increase study space, offer a wider range of resources, and cultivate  group working and learning.


Please join with us to grow this library!

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Borrowing Overview

2023

"Visitors" refers to those library members choosing to study in the library, rather than take books out

January

24 books borrowed, 20 visitors

February

51 books borrowed, 18 visitors

Most popular items:

  • Anatomy and physiology for nurses
  • BNF
  • Oxford handbook of reproductive medicine and family planning

2022

"Visitors" refers to those library members choosing to study in the library, rather than take books out

January

58 books borrowed, 18 visitors

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

February

92 books borrowed, 35 visitors

Most popular:

  • Campbell's Pathophysiology Notes

March

87 books borrowed, 50 visitors

Most popular:

  • BNF
  • Safeguarding Adults in Nursing Practice

April

93 books borrowed, 35 visitors

Most popular items:

  • All in one nursing care planning resource
  • BNF

May

70 books borrowed, 30 visitors

Most popular items:

  • BNF
  • Fundamental Aspects of Infection Prevention and Control

June

72 books borrowed, 35 visitors

Most popular item:

  • BNF

July

79 books borrowed, 50 visitors

Most popular items:

  • BNF
  • Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery

August

61 books borrowed, 15 visitors

Most popular items:

  • Essential obstetric and newborn care
  • Churchill's pocketbook of surgery
  • BNF

September

87 books borrowed, 154 visitors

Most popular item:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

October

113 books borrowed, 80 visitors

Most popular item:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

November

62 books borrowed, 54 visitors

Most popular items:

  • Essential obstetric and newborn care
  • Churchill's pocketbook of surgery
  • BNF

December

30 books borrowed, 20 visitors

2021

"Visitors" refers to those library members choosing to study in the library, rather than take books out

January

26 books borrowed, 13 visitors

February

58 books borrowed, 10 visitors

Most popular:

  • Myles textbook for midwives

March

99 books borrowed, 20 visitors

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Eye diseases in hot climates

April

86 books borrowed, 30 visitors

Most popular items:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children

May

61 books borrowed, 15 visitors

Most popular:

  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children

June

53 books borrowed, 20 visitors

Most popular:

  • BNF
  • District laboratory practice in tropical countries: part 2

July

69 books borrowed, 18 visitors

Most popular:

  • Common medical problems in the tropics

August

65 books borrowed, 15 visitors

Most popular:

  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children

September

30 books borrowed, 20 visitors

2020

January

72 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

February

71 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Microscopy of Tropical Diseases

March

85 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

April

33 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clincal Guidelines

May

83 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

June

87 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Essential Nursing Skills
  • Nutrition for Developing Countries

July

131 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • BNF
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine

August

90 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine

September

84 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine
  • ETAT+ Manual

October

86 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

November

2 books borrowed

(Library staff on leave)

December

No borrowing

2019

January

96 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries Part 2 
  • EYE Care in Developing Nations
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Medicine at a Glance 
  • ETAT+ Manual

February

126 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care
  • Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery
  • Obstetrics in Remote Settings

March

69 books borrowed

 Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Where there is no doctor
  • Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery
  • Basic Lab Procedures
  • Clinical Bacteriology 
  • Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery, 
  • EYE Diseases in Hot Climates 
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

April

122 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

May

98 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • ETAT+ Manual

June

106 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • Obstetrics in Remote Settings

July

93 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

August

102 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Essential Obstetrics and Newborn Care

September

71 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

October

109 books borrowed

Most popular items:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children


November

119 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children

December

75 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • ETAT+ Manual
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines

2018

January

66 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 

February

69 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines



March

70 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine 




April

68 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine 


May

72 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Basic Laboratory Procedures
  • Clinical Bacteriology 

June

90 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics 

July

13 books borrowed

N.B. Librarian helping with Kenema set-up, and then on study leave for exams

August

98 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Screening Donated Blood for Transfusion/Transmission 
  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics
  • ETAT+ Manual 

September

121 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • Common Medical Problems in the Tropics 
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives, Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
  • ETAT+ Manual 

October

136 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • Eye care in developing nations 
  • ETAT+ Manual 

November

97 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • Eye Care in Developing Nations
  • ETAT+ Manual
  • Child Health Care 

December

55 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • ETAT+ Manual 
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives 

2017

January

73 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Common Skin Diseases in Africa
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 

February

118 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • MSF Obstetrics in Remote Settings
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
  • Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine 

March

126 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Common Skin Diseases in Africa
  • Communicable Diseases
  • MSF Obstetrics in Remote Settings
  • Manual of Basic Laboratory Techniques 

April

124 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Manual of Basic Laboratory Practice 

May

181 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Common Skin Diseases in Africa 
  • MSF Obstetrics in Remote Settings
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses 

June

147 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 
  • Bailliere's Nurses Dictionary
  • MSF Obstetrics in Remote Settings 

July

139 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
  • Balliere's Nurses Dictionary 

August

92 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • Common Skin Diseases in Africa
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses 


September

88 books borrowed

Most popular:

  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses
  • Common Skin Diseases in Africa
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children
  • Where There is no Doctor 
  • MSF Clinical Guidelines 
  • Surgery at a Glance 

October

110 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines, 
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • Communicable Diseases: a Global Perspective 

November

115 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  • MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses 
  • International Maternal and Child Health Care
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives
  • Communicable Diseases 

December

105 books borrowed

Most popular: 

  •  MSF Clinical Guidelines
  • WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children 
  • Myles Textbook for Midwives

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