What's it like to be a doctor in one of our projects? From his 6 am alarm through to fighting HIV and tuberculosis, Dr Tom Niccol shares his hectic schedule during just one morning...
In remote Old Fangak, a woman is in desperate need of medical treatment. But with no surgical facilities and a runway too muddy to land a plane, time is running out...
For eight years, people in Syria have lived in the shadow of war. As shelling intensifies in his home area of Idlib, one doctor shares his story of saving lives, and explains why, for him, it's personal...
On board the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, Italian doctor Luca treats a young patient with a traumatic story of how we came to be on a sinking boat in the Central Mediterranean...
Searching for a way to save a young boy's life, US doctor Hayes comes to terms with the sometimes unforgiving reality of working in humanitarian healthcare
A critically ill young girl is brought into a remote MSF health centre. She's unconscious and struggling to breathe. To save her, British doctor Sarah Wookey and her team need two things: dedication and luck
With war raging and the economy in collapse, people in Yemen are facing increasingly impossible decisions. As she and the team race to save a tiny patient, Dr Georgina Woolveridge meets one of them...
When Dr Elizabeth Irungu agreed to spend a year in rural Zimbabwe, she had no idea that she would find herself as part of the medical response to a natural disaster, or making life-long friends. She looks back on a year with MSF…
As she begins her third assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Sarah shares her tips and comes up against some surprises...
What happens to a community after a natural disaster? How can psychological scars heal? Doctor Elizabeth Irungu blogs from Zimbabwe, where MSF teams are responding to the aftermath of Cylone Idai…
