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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.

Maurizio Debanne
Maurizio Debanne
Communications
Ukraine: “When the soldiers took over the clinic, I treated patients in my home”
Between 25 February and early April, the town of Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, was the scene of brutal fighting, and for a time was under the control of Russian forces.  As soon as it was relatively safe to do so, an MSF team began to work with local healthcare professionals to restart medical services. Communications manager Maurizio Debanne has recently returned from Hostomel and shares what he saw…
16 May 2022 / 5 minute read
A photograph which has been edited to look like an illustration, showing Yotibel Moreno in the MSF COVID ward
Yotibel Moreno
Yotibel Moreno
Communications
COVID-19 in Venezuela: "This is no time for photos"
The mental health of patients, their families and frontline health staff has been a fundamental part of COVID-19-related projects run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) across the world. For Yotibel Moreno, MSF communications officer in Venezuela, managing the pain caused by the virus became personal when Yotibel’s own uncle was admitted to MSF’s COVID-19 care unit in Caracas.
25 Aug 2021 / 7 minute read
sergey and natasha, tb survivors
Nitin George
Nitin George
Communications
“I want to tell my story because I am alive”: Finding love and other cures in Ukraine
Communications manager Nitin meets two patients with an extraordinary love story, who explain how a patient-centred approach is helping people like them successfully complete treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis
21 Jun 2021 / 5 minute read
Avra Fialas
Communications
The surprise of meeting Mandro
A story about a forgotten disease and forgotten people, living through a forgotten conflict
28 Jul 2020 / 7 minute read
Shaza with her two sons in the summer tent where the family sleeps in Vathy camp, Samos
Dora Vangi MSF
Dora Vangi
Communications
Trapped between Europe and COVID-19: The families stuck in Greek camps
On the fringes of Europe, thousands of refugees and migrants feel abandoned and unprotected, highly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. MSF communications specialist Dora shares the hopes and fears of one young Syrian family held in Vathy Camp on the island of Samos.
11 Jun 2020 / 7 minute read
The Rohingya have faced decades of persecution in Myanmar
Daniella Ritzau-Reid
Daniella Ritzau-Reid
Communications
"We feel like we've been taken from hell": Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea
In Bangladesh, communications manager Daniella meets the survivors of a boat abandoned at sea for two months, with about 500 starving people - mostly Rohingya refugees - on board. She shares their gut-wrenching story...
24 Apr 2020 / 6 minute read
A baby sleeps on board the Ocean Viking
Field Communications Manager Hannah Wallace Bowman
Hannah Wallace Bowman
Communications
"All stations, ready for rescue": My solemn oath to people seeking safety
It's a cold January evening and the Ocean Viking crew are preparing for a rescue in the Mediterranean – their fourth in a row with no rest. Writing in vivid detail, communications specialist Hannah takes us onboard for a dramatic night at sea.
01 Apr 2020 / 7 minute read
Vathy refugee camp on Samos was built for 650 people but currently hosts about 8,000
Valeska Cordier
Communications
Greek refugee crisis: "How could this ever become normality?"
The horrific conditions in refugee camps on the Greek islands have made headlines around the world. But, nothing can prepare MSF communications specialist Valeska for what she finds when she visits two camps on Samos and Lesvos...
11 Mar 2020 / 8 minute read
Greece
Refugee
Mohammed, 2, has a brain disorder but does not get the care he needs because he's trapped in Moria camp
Field Communications Manager Anna Pantelia
Anna Pantelia
Communications
“I cannot even look our patients in the eyes anymore”
Having fled conflict and instability, thousands of asylum seekers are now detained in dangerous conditions at Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Communications specialist Anna meets three mothers, trapped in Moria and struggling to care for children with chronic health conditions.
27 Feb 2020 / 8 minute read
Greece
Refugee
A Somali woman looks out to sea after being rescued by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE
MSF writer and editor Natasha Lewer
Natasha Lewer
Communications
Libya: Nowhere to go but the sea
Escalating conflict and insecurity in Libya are leading thousands of people to flee, taking their chances on unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean - the world's deadliest migration route. On board the search and rescue ship Ocean Viking, MSF writer and editor Natasha meets survivors and shares their stories. 
15 Jan 2020 / 12 minute read
Maria, a resident of Optyne village in eastern Ukraine
MSF Czech press officer Iveta Polochová
Iveta Polochová
Communications
Ukraine: "I won't leave, my son and husband are buried here"
Parts of the world seem to forget there is a conflict in eastern Ukraine. After five years, traumas and tragedies are still affecting people. This article was written in memory of Maria, who lived in the Ukrainian frontline village, Opytne, which MSF press officer Iveta and her colleague Zdeněk visited earlier this year. 
23 Dec 2019 / 5 minute read
After four days of life-saving rescue missions, Ocean Viking heads north to find a port of safety for all those on board.
Field Communications Manager Hannah Wallace Bowman
Hannah Wallace Bowman
Communications
Abdul the barber and other stories from the Ocean Viking
Communications manager Hannah is on board the Ocean Viking documenting MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE’s life-saving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Through her photos and stories, she humanises a humanitarian crisis that has made headlines around the world.
18 Nov 2019 / 9 minute read
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