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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the largest countries in Africa. This vast nation is rich in natural resources but has faced years of conflict. 
 
A five-year conflict between government forces and rebels caused widespread civilian suffering. A peace deal was reached in 2003, but people in the east of the country continue to live in fear of violence from marauding militias and the army. 
 
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in DRC in 1981. Our projects have responded to armed conflict, exclusion from healthcare, and both epidemic and endemic diseases, including Ebola.
Alpha Diallo MSF
Alpha Diallo
WATSAN
Ebola: "I was terrified of my first time in the high-risk zone. Now I train others."
Three years after the end of the major Ebola epidemic in West Africa, an outbreak of the deadly disease was declared on 1 August 2018 in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this new fight against Ebola, MSF relies on veteran staff to share their knowledge. One of them is Alpha Diallo, a water and sanitation expert from Guinea.
22 Nov 2018
Lanice Jones
Doctor
48 hours on the frontline of maternity care
At a maternity project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s non-stop emergency medicine for Lanice, a Canadian doctor on her fourth assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). She blogs about life, death and learning on the frontline of medical care.
24 Sep 2018
An msf surgical team in DRC prepare to operate
Lanice Jones
Doctor
DRC: Cas Rouge! Red Case!
Lanice is a family doctor from Canada. She is currently on her fourth assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), working at a maternity project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this blog, she shares how her team raced to save a newborn during a dramatic delivery.
02 Aug 2018
Lanice onboard a motorcycle
Lanice Jones
Doctor
DRC: "My new name is Moto Mama!"
Lanice is a family doctor from Canada. She is currently on her fourth assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), working as a maternity project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In this blog, she shares how she spent a day supporting an outreach team - riding on the back of a motorbike to provide vital health education to remote communities.
24 Jul 2018
Paul Reidy
Paul Reidy
Doctor
First impressions: An Irish doctor in DRC
Paul is a doctor from Ireland, currently working on a project in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Here, he shares his thoughts as he begins his first ever assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
19 Jul 2018
Ida Moberg
Doctor
DRC: Saving Mulume and baby Bahati
Ida is a Swedish doctor on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the final blog from her assignment, she shares the story of how her team worked to save two critically ill children, Mulume and Bahati.
09 Jul 2018
MSF vehicles travelling through the mud in DRC
Pol Heredero
Pol Heredero
Logistician
Logistics: “In DRC nothing is constant”
"The one thing I knew about DRC was that it would be a challenge."
28 Jun 2018
Luis Encinas
Nurse
Chapter 8 : "Your Excellency, I take you at your word. You will be our first to be vaccinated!”
Luis is a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). He's in the Democratic Republic of Congo responding to the current Ebola outbreak...
28 Jun 2018
Luis Encinas
Nurse
Chapter Seven: Stop-over in Itipo
Luis heads back to the capital as he works to start a vaccine trial in response to the current Ebola outbreak...
22 Jun 2018
Luis Encinas
Nurse
Chapter Six: The Giant
Luis takes us inside an Ebola treatment centre...
19 Jun 2018
Reem Bouarrouj
Doctor
Shooting in DRC: A Saturday like no other
"They had heard the shots and did not hesitate for one second to help their colleagues. I was proud to be part of this team."
19 Jun 2018
Luis Encinas
Nurse
Chapter Five: Meetings
Working with local officials is a vital part of responding to a health emergency. Luis is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of MSF's response to the Ebola outbreak there.
13 Jun 2018

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