Communications

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Communications

Communications specialist are passionate storytellers, giving a voice to the displaced, damaged and forgotten.

Bridging the gap between humanitarian crises and the outside world, they facilitate media visits, act as spokespeople, and work closely with local people to hear their stories.

Their empathy, conviction and creativity enable MSF to speak out against human rights abuses and injustices.

Read the blog posts below to find out more about life as an MSF communications specialist, or click here to find out more about applying to join the team.

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Maternity care in Kutupalong: “This feels more like an emergency room than a normal delivery room”

In the makeshift refugee settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, many Rohingya women give birth in their tents, with little access to medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has set-up a new maternity ward in Kutupalong, which will be able to withstand the extreme weather the area can experience. Natasha Lewer blogs for us…

21 May 2018 / 6 minute read

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Rohingya crisis: Vaccinating children inside the world’s largest refugee camp

Natasha Lewer has recently returned to the UK from Bangladesh. She blogs about her time with nurse Chrissie McVeigh inside Kutupalong refugee camp as Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) raced to vaccinate as many children as possible against diphtheria.

09 May 2018 / 6 minute read

Sara Creta

Communications

“Look at me well” - How we made a viral music video to fight HIV in Kinshasa

Sara is in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where she and the team have been working on a new digital campaign to fight stigma and increase access to HIV treatment…

01 Dec 2017 / 8 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Libya: The ignored disaster

In his final dispatch from the Mediterranean, Stefan blogs about the people rescued from the sea by MSF, including a little girl celebrating her first birthday...

16 Aug 2017 / 7 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

What happens in Libya

Stefan has recently returned from working on board the search and rescue vessel Prudence. He shares his diary entries as the crew wait and wonder about the fate of people trapped in Libya...

14 Aug 2017 / 4 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Search and Rescue: First Rescue

Stefan blogs from an MSF search and rescue vessel about his first rescue on board...

07 Aug 2017 / 4 minute read

Stefan Dold

Communications

Search and Rescue: Departure in stormy times

Stefan blogs from Sicily as he prepares to join the crew on board an MSF search and rescue vessel...

02 Aug 2017 / 4 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

Andrew Headspeath

Communications

I went to an MSF mass casualty simulation and this is what happened

Smoke, blood and chaos: mass casualty simulations are used to train MSF field staff with the skills they’ll need in real emergencies. Here Andy blogs about joining the team for the day…

12 Apr 2017 / 10 minute read

Kim West

Communications

Innovation blog: A ReMIT for research

Whether it’s trialling new treatments or better understanding of what our patients need most, research can help MSF improve how we work and the impact our teams can have on the ground. But with projects (and researchers!) around the world, making sure everyone learns from each other is complex. Kim West blogs about an innovative new project that’s attempting to do just that…

04 Apr 2017 / 6 minute read

Eleanor Davis

Communications

Ukraine: "A shell dropped through the roof of her house"

Eleanor is a British field communications manager working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Ukraine. Here she blogs about meeting pensioners living in the country's 'buffer zone', cut off from supplies and deeply traumatised by the conflict.

17 Mar 2017 / 6 minute read

Tiziana Cauli

Communications

Search and rescue: The Women

So far this year, 333 women have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the team on the search and rescue vessel MV Aquarius. Tiziana, the communication manager on board, blogs about meeting two of them.

10 Mar 2017 / 8 minute read