• Ben King

    Flying with the wind...

    Ben King, a logistician writing on healthcare provision in AfghanistanMay 13, 20130 CommentsWith a gentle and skillful pull of the line, it flies quickly up up up into the sky, further and further as more and more string is released until the colourful kite soars almost out of sight in the cloudless... Read more...Tags: kites hope 
  • Raghu Venugopal

    What will day 58 bring?

    Raghu Venugopal, a Doctor writing on Healthcare provision in ChadMay 13, 20133 CommentsI only have four weeks left in Chad on this mission. The days have been long. I am exhausted. I skipped my last chance at a break to not miss one of the most critical MSF planning exercises of the year.... Read more...Tags: tuberculosis HIV MDR-TB lungs elbow lymph nodes pulmonary 
  • Raghu Venugopal

    Malnourished children and displaced people

    Raghu Venugopal, a Doctor writing on Healthcare provision in ChadMay 9, 20131 CommentWe all knew that late in the dry season, malnutrition would peak. But this week it hit us hard. Our outreach teams had difficulty coping. The hospital was temporarily over-run. Dr. Johanna, our MSF doctor... Read more...Tags: malnutrition emergency pediatric epidemiology flexible darfur displacement theraputic feeding 
  • Minja Westerlund

    Celebrating motherhood

    Minja Westerlund, a psychologist writing on mental health in Papua New GuineaMay 9, 20134 CommentsThe second Sunday of May we celebrate Mother’s day in many countries all over the world, including Papua New Guinea and my home country Finland. Usually Mother’s day for me is giving my mother a card... Read more...Tags: violence msf mother's mothering Sunday domestic 
  • Minja Westerlund

    For better, for worse

    Minja Westerlund, a psychologist writing on mental health in Papua New GuineaMay 8, 20130 Comments“Do you want to come and see a bride price ceremony?” counselor Leonie asked us last week. Of course I, the project coordinator and the medical doctor Martina were immediately up for it. A bride... Read more...Tags: msf wedding marriage domestic violence 
  • Terry Porsild

    Death and dilemma

    Terry Porsild, a mental health officer writing on tuberculosis in TajikistanMay 8, 20130 CommentsEmotions don’t really fall into the category of stigma the way TB does, yet the Tajiks seem very frightened of evoking too many of them. They go out of their way to avoid displays of emotion, seeing... Read more...Tags: stigma MDR-TB dilemma culture emotion grief 
  • Emma Pedley

    An assortment of oncalls

    Emma Pedley, a Nurse writing on healthcare provision in South SudanMay 2, 201312 CommentsIt's hard to give an idea of the bewildering breadth of patients that we are presented with during on calls. Even used as I am to the variety of humanity that compiles the average Emergency Department... Read more...Tags: infant malaria skin to skin pediatric feeding msf morphine typhoid scorpion 
  • georgannm

    Olympics – Helmand Style

    Georgann MacDonald, a Nurse writing on healthcare provision in AfghanistanApril 30, 20131 CommentLast weekend, the MSF staff in Lashkar Gah challenged the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) to the first ever Olympic games held in our compound. The ICRC accepted the challenge with an email... Read more...Tags: msf soccer penguins ICRC Olympics cheerleading discus 
  • Raghu Venugopal

    Late at night

    Raghu Venugopal, a Doctor writing on Healthcare provision in ChadApril 30, 20134 CommentsOn April 4th late at night, Dr. Guy called me from the hospital. A child had fallen from the roof a house. He asked me to come to the hospital and bring the portable ultrasound machine since he was concerned... Read more...Tags: ultrasound ICU msf surgery intestine pediatric perforated team 
  • David Lauter

    Goodbye DRC

    David Lauter, a Surgeon writing on surgery in Democratic Republic of CongoApril 29, 20133 CommentsIt’s just after midnight in Rutshuru. Tomorrow morning Dr. F, the French anesthetist who arrived here with me, and I leave for Goma. Unfortunately the schedule worked out with me on-call at the hospital... Read more...Tags: burns amputation msf fractures