Sudan

Fieldset

In 2005 decades of hostility split Sudan in two, when South Sudan broke away to form its own nation state. Various outstanding secession issues – including shared oil revenues and exact border demarcation – continue to foster tensions between them.

Sudan sits on the coast of the Red Sea and has a largely hot, dry climate.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Sudan in 1979. Our work has focused on providing treatment for people caught up in conflict, treating neglected tropical diseases such as kala azar, and filling gaps in healthcare provision.

Michal Pospíšil

Nurse

Five myths about working for MSF

Michal Pospíšil is a Czech nurse who recently returned from his first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), working in Sudan. In his blog, he challenges some of the most popular myths about working for MSF.

18 Sep 2018 / 6 minute read

Veronika Cernikova

Project Coordination

So, you want to work for an NGO?

First-time project coordinator Veronika on what you should know before you join a humanitarian organisation like Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) ...

06 Mar 2018 / 5 minute read

Lauralee

Doctor

Final Entry: Who’ll Stop the Rain?

The rain has just started. It sounds like artillery fire on the metal roof of the logistics building. If it continues much longer, there will be no plane tomorrow.

04 Sep 2008 / 2 minute read

Zakaria Mwatia is our base nurse. He is from Kenya and has worked in Sudan, Kenya and Somalia.

01 Sep 2008 / 2 minute read

Kala Azar, MSF and Francis

And there they were, right under the microscope lens, just the way I had seen them in books and prepared slides in my tropical medicine training.

27 Aug 2008 / 3 minute read

Lauralee

Doctor

Alumni of the January 2008 PPD in Bonn

Every member of MSF international staff completes a training course before they begin their posting. That course is the PPD.

23 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

Lauralee

Doctor

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan — Part 3

Cow's milk and sorghum (millet) are the staples of the Nuer diet. Maize (corn), okra and sesame are also cultivated.

21 Aug 2008 / 1 minute read

The entry I wanted to make on Mother's Day

The mothers of Lankien, like most mothers, work incredibly hard. In addition to caring for their children, they spend hours carrying water, preparing food, and working in their gardens.

19 Aug 2008 / 1 minute read

When you educate a woman

"When you educate a man you educate an individual; when you educate a woman you educate a whole family." — Robert Morrison MacIvor

18 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan — Part 2

"A people whose material culture is as simple as that of the Nuer are highly dependent on their environment.

17 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

Immunization and Maternal Health

In 1983, when I started to practice in Ontario, Canada, the routine schedule of immunization covered only a hand-full of infections: diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, measles,

16 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

The Nuer People of Southern Sudan—Part 1

I have been remiss in not writing more about the Nuer people themselves.

15 Aug 2008 / 2 minute read

Sudan

HEALTHCARE