Syrian Arab Republic

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Akin Chan

Surgeon

“I promised to save his son”: An MSF surgeon returns to Syria

Akin writes about his emotional return to the country he fell in love with – including his fight to save the lives of two young boys.

16 Jun 2018 / 7 minute read

Martina Jurigova

Nurse

“We need blood right now”: the race to save a life in Syria

On assignment with MSF/ Doctors Without Borders in northeastern Syria, nurse Martina tellst the story of a dangerously ill patient and the community that saved her

04 Jun 2018 / 6 minute read

Lorena Bilbao

Emergency Coordinator

"Your everlasting dedication humbles all of us"

An open letter to the doctors of East Ghouta

28 Mar 2018 / 5 minute read

Marion Thimm

Mental health specialist

Mental health support for children in Syria: Poems of loss and displacement

"I still remember vividly the first time I saw seven-year-old Maida"

26 Mar 2018 / 4 minute read

A blood bag hangs in an MSF facility in Syria

Vanessa Cramond

Nurse

Blood, iron and Aisha: treating children with chronic conditions in Syria

The health system in Syria has been devastated by years of war. This means that patients who require regular treatment, often for life-threatening conditions, face a desperate search to get the care they need. Vanessa blogs about one little girl and her determined family...

19 Sep 2017 / 6 minute read

Hospital director in Syria

Medical director

Bodies everywhere

An MSF-supported hospital director describes the horror of a mass-casualty influx in northwestern Syria

05 Jun 2015 / 3 minute read

Charlotte

Mental health specialist

When language is no longer a barrier

S was only five months-old, the daughter of a fairly poor family who decided to leave their village after it was bombed several times...

28 Nov 2014 / 5 minute read

Syrian Arab Republic

Mental Health

Charlotte

Mental health specialist

How a kind lady racoon helps a kid racoon

I used a book that really helped my work with the children. It tells the story of a little racoon who is traumatised by something awful and frightening without actually specifying what the awful and frightening thing is so as to be universally applicable.

13 Nov 2014 / 3 minute read

Syrian Arab Republic

Mental Health