Yemen

Fieldset

The Middle Eastern country of Yemen borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the east. Civil war broke out in Yemen in 2015, when fighting began between anti-government Houthi forces and the Saudi-led coalition.

Millions of people have had to flee their homes. Hundreds of health facilities across the country have stopped functioning due to airstrikes and shelling, plus a lack of supplies, funding and staff. The rising cost of living has made it extremely hard for families to meet basic needs.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Yemen in 1994. Our recent projects have focused on supporting the Yemeni populations affected by the conflict on all sides of the frontlines.

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

In the operating room: Yemen, Day 15

School is out for the summer in Yemen, but the cholera outbreak and ongoing civil war show no signs of slowing down. Anesthesiologist Kariantti blogs from Khameer...

18 Jun 2017 / 3 minute read

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

In the operating room: Yemen, Day 12

MSF anesthesiologist Kariantti follows up on a young patient who had been shot in the abdomen...

15 Jun 2017 / 1 minute read

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

In the operating room: Yemen, Day 9

Anesthesiologist Kariantti and the team feel the pressure as the MSF hospital in Khameer faces a lack of beds and an impending cholera outbreak...

12 Jun 2017 / 2 minute read

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

In the operating room: Yemen, Day 6

MSF anaesthesiologist Kariantti blogs about young patients in the intensive care unit

09 Jun 2017 / 2 minute read

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

In the operating room: Yemen, Day 3

Yemen is in the grip of a brutal civil war, and millions of people there have no access to healthcare. From emergency c-sections to exploratory surgery, anaesthesiologist Kariantti blogs about the first three days of his new assignment...

06 Jun 2017 / 3 minute read

Hella Hultin

Surgeon

Yemen: Goodbye little girl, goodbye Yemen

Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She has recently returned from her assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about her final day on assignment, and a tiny patient who is close to her heart.

27 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read

Malak Shaher

Communications

Life and loss in war-torn Yemen

In Yemen, a war is raging. Malak blogs about meeting the patients at the MSF supported hospital in Thi As Sufal...

20 Apr 2017 / 6 minute read

Hella Hultin

Surgeon

Yemen: Dummy training and de-cluttering

Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about collaborating with her colleague to design better working methods in emergencies.

20 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read

Hella Hultin

Surgeon

Yemen: The little girl is losing oxygen

Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about a little patient returning to the operating theatre for a second time, in desperate need of medical care.

13 Apr 2017 / 2 minute read

Hella Hultin

Surgeon

Yemen: A Swede learns Arabic

Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She is currently on assignment with MSF in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about the moments of happiness the team share, even when the work is tough.

30 Mar 2017 / 2 minute read

Yemen: "A few more hours and she would have died"

Hella Hultin is a surgeon from Sweden. She wrote this post on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Khameer, Yemen. Here she blogs about operating on a young girl in critical condition.

16 Mar 2017 / 2 minute read

Danielle Forsythe Guglielmucci

Finance

Visiting Taiz

It is hard to believe I am nearly half way through my mission contract. It is now March and I just got back from another one of our projects in Taiz Houban.

13 Mar 2017 / 3 minute read