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Providing primary care at a remote refugee camp. Running a clinic for patients with tuberculosis or HIV. Caring for trauma patients at a large Ministry of Health hospital. The work of a doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is incredibly diverse, and dependent on the specific needs of the people we’re working with.

The work is challenging, and often involves balancing clinical care with management and training for colleagues.

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

Mårten Larsson

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Measles in Maiduguri: "It can spread like wildfire"

As malaria season starts to slow down in northeastern Nigeria, Swedish doctor Mårten and his team spot an increase in children arriving with measles. Could there be an outbreak of this life-threatening disease nearby?

05 Mar 2019 / 5 minute read

Mårten Larsson

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Malaria in Nigeria: "The children have a small chance of survival without us"

As malaria season hits the Nigerian city of Maiduguri, home to thousands of people displaced by conflict, Swedish doctor Mårten is fighting to save the lives of the most vulnerable children.

13 Feb 2019 / 4 minute read

Charles Ssonko

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Innovation: Civil war, communities and HIV

Charles Ssonko is an HIV/TB advisor based in the Manson Unit – a specialist medical innovation team – at MSF UK. As part of his work in the Central African Republic, Charles blogs about a series of innovative groups that have empowered HIV patients even in times of conflict.

07 Feb 2019 / 7 minute read

Víctor Escobar Hernández

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Vlog: Four thing you didn’t know about Sierra Leone

Colombian doctor Victor shares some facts about Sierra Leone and the humanitarian issues our teams face

04 Feb 2019 / 1 minute read

Mike Tomson

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Non-Communicable Diseases: A short assignment in Lebanon

UK doctor Mike Tomson returns to Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to help refugees and vulnerable people in Lebanon...

01 Feb 2019 / 9 minute read

Reem Bouarrouj

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Last blog post from a Muzungu* in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Reem has been working for MSF / Doctors Without Borders for nine months, in a region of the Congo badly impacted by outbreaks of disease and violence. She writes about the experience of returning to a country that no longer feels quite like “home”.

30 Jan 2019 / 5 minute read

Sylvia Schaber

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Slow and yet too fast

"After my six months here in the Central African Republic I can only say: It is an amazing experience! You learn so much. I am sure that an assignment with MSF will not allow anyone to return home unchanged."

26 Jan 2019 / 5 minute read

Achai Bulabek

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Innovation: "We are able to save many lives using this tiny, portable machine"

Ultrasound is often associated with pregnancy, but did you know that it has many vital uses in medicine? South Sudanese doctor Achai blogs about how training in the use of new portable ultrasound machines – which have traditionally been bulky and expensive – is helping Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) save lives in humanitarian crises.

14 Jan 2019 / 6 minute read

Saschveen Singh

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Ebola in DRC: “This has touched my heart forever”

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is fighting an Ebola epidemic – now the second-largest outbreak in history. At the end of her first week on the frontline, Australian doctor Saschveen shares this story of hope…

14 Jan 2019 / 2 minute read

Chris Hook

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Yemen: Giving hope to people caught in the crossfire

British doctor Chris Hook has just returned from Yemen. Since August, he has worked as part of MSF’s emergency team helping to set up a hospital in the Al Salakhana district of Hodeidah city. From the beginning of November, the city has experienced heavy fighting and shelling with battles getting close to the hospital…

11 Jan 2019 / 4 minute read

Saschveen Singh

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Ebola in DRC: Staying safe in the red zone

Australian doctor Saschveen recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is fighting an Ebola epidemic – now the second-largest outbreak of the disease in history. In this blog, she explains how our teams avoid spreading the disease while caring for infected patients.

04 Jan 2019 / 3 minute read

Joanne Perry

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A midwife in South Sudan: “She will sometimes sing to them between contractions”

The majority of MSF teams are not made up of international staff from overseas. Instead, from conflict zones to epidemics, most of our medical and logistical teams are people working in their home countries, using their skills where they are desperately needed. Joanne, a Canadian doctor in South Sudan, celebrates one of our incredible local midwives.

19 Dec 2018 / 6 minute read