Nigeria

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Rich petroleum and oil reserves contribute to Nigeria’s fast-growing economy. With a population of 119 million, more people live here than in any other country in Africa.

However, beginning in May 2013, a violent insurrection by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has forced hundreds of thousands of people in northeast Nigeria to flee their homes and livelihoods. The result has been a humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad region, with critical shortages of food and medical care.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Nigeria in 1971. Our projects have focused on responding to conflict, exclusion from healthcare and malnutrition.

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Bruised and battered: Obstetrics in Nigeria

Pippa is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant from the UK on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, part of northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state – an area where high numbers of women and children die during childbirth.

23 Nov 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Obstetrics in Nigeria: Meeting the “real heroes”

02 Oct 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Wound day: Helping new mums in Nigeria fight infection

Pippa is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant from the UK. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, part of northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state – working on a maternity project in an area where a high number of women and children die during childbirth. In this blog, she shares how her team treats women for complicated infections after a caesarean.

06 Sep 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Royal Wedding: Life on an MSF compound in Nigeria

15 Aug 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Waiting to exhale: On the maternity ward in Nigeria

"And here I am, holding my breath again..."

20 Jul 2018

Ian Cross

Doctor

Kenya: How support groups are giving patients power

Ian Cross is a doctor from the UK, currently working in Kenya on his fourth assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Here, he shares how new support groups are helping patients manage long-term illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension.

16 Jul 2018

Caroline talking at an event on International Women's Day.

Caroline Walker

Health Promoter

Nigeria: How we talk about sexual violence

Caroline is a health promotion manager from South Africa, currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Nigeria. In this blog, she reflects on the challenges of working across language barriers to help communities tackle sexual violence, as well as sensitive conditions such as fistula.

12 Jul 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Once more into the breech dear friends - An emergency delivery in Nigeria

Pippa is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant from the UK. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, northern Nigeria – returning after a break of five years. In this, her second blog, Pippa shares her experience of settling back in, as well as an emergency operation to save a mother's life.

03 Jul 2018

Onyeka Martins Madueke

Field Administration

Triplets in Nigeria: “The whole maternity unit went wild with excitement”

Martins works for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, a town in Nigeria's Jigawa state. He supports a maternal healthcare project that aims to reduce the high number of women and children that die during childbirth.

28 Jun 2018

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Returning to Jahun: Maternal mortality in northern Nigeria

Pippa is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant from the UK. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, northern Nigeria – working on a maternity project in an area where a high number of women die during childbirth.

14 Jun 2018