Dr Saschveen Singh is a tropical infectious disease advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières.
In 2005, Singh completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Western Australia and then, in 2014, became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
She completed a master’s degree in public health and tropical medicine with a focus on refugee health, humanitarian crises, infectious diseases, paediatric tropical medicine, and global public health policy.
In 2017, she began her work with MSF in Tanzania, caring for the medical needs of refugees fleeing from violent civil conflict in nearby Burundi. Since then, she has been on the front line with medical teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo, treating patients for tropical illnesses, including Ebola, amid civil unrest.