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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.

Dr Ibie Mohammed
Ibie Mohammed
Doctor
“Collateral Beauty”: Emergency and emerging humanity in the COVID ICU
When a COVID-19 patient’s oxygen levels start dropping rapidly in Baghdad, Dr Ibie Mohammed and the team have to think fast to save a life…
06 Oct 2020 / 6 minute read
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
Another goodbye
COVID-19 travel restrictions mean that many of our key medical and logistical staff aren't able to reach the projects where they're desperately needed. But what does that mean for teams on the ground? Dr Ayla blogs...
14 Aug 2020 / 4 minute read
Entrance to the ICU at Lankien hospital
MSF doctor, Jennifer Hulse
Jennifer Hulse
Doctor
Eight spaces on the plane
The team at Lankien hospital in South Sudan are preparing for their first COVID-19 patients when a violent attack on a nearby town brings a crisis of a different kind. British doctor Jennifer Hulse shares this powerful eyewitness account from a "mass casualty event".
12 Aug 2020 / 12 minute read
Ayla Emmick outside the MSF hospital in Bentiu
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
COVID-19 in South Sudan: "We can do this, together"
What's it like to wait for a pandemic to hit your hospital? As they make all the preparations they can, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctor Ayla writes from remote Bentiu, in South Sudan...
01 Aug 2020 / 2 minute read
Maura Emelina Lainez Vaquiz - MSF doctor
Maura Emelina Lainez Vaquiz
Doctor
The power we have over our bodies: How COVID-19 is affecting family planning in Honduras
For women and girls living in the city of Choloma, widespread violence and poverty mean that access to family planning services is absolutely critical. However, COVID-19 restrictions have closed clinics and cut off vulnerable patients. MSF doctor Maura shares this powerful and passionate report.
20 Jul 2020 / 7 minute read
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
COVID-19 in South Sudan: Waiting for the wave - Part 2
As the pandemic disrupts medical supplies and staff, doctor Ayla Emmink is relocated from her rural project to a vast UN displacement camp – where our teams are racing to prepare for the arrival of COVID-19
16 Jul 2020 / 7 minute read
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
COVID-19 in South Sudan: Waiting for the wave - Part 1
As the pandemic disrupts medical supplies and staff, doctor Ayla Emmink is relocated from her rural project to a vast UN displacement camp – where our teams are racing to prepare for the arrival of COVID-19
14 Jul 2020 / 7 minute read
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
South Sudan: "This is what we signed up for"
As the first cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in South Sudan, doctor Ayla Emmink shares her concerns for communities and patients in an area where many preventative measures are a luxury
29 Jun 2020 / 4 minute read
MSF doctor, Anna-Clara Ivarsson
Anna-Clara Ivarsson
Doctor
How Merveille beat measles (with some help from MSF)
When a child came to the hospital with a strange rash, the MSF team in Bossangoa didn't jump to any conclusions. But then another arrived, and another. Clara shares the story of what happened next...
23 Jun 2020 / 5 minute read
Sunset over Mundri in South Sudan
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
South Sudan: "With COVID-19, it's a case of 'when' not 'if'"
In her previous post, MSF doctor Ayla shared the story of a late-night emergency call to treat a young patient who sadly could not be saved. In this latest piece, she looks back at that night…
19 Jun 2020 / 3 minute read
A rainbow over the MSF hospital at Mundri in South Sudan
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
South Sudan: “Please start CPR, I'm on my way"
When MSF doctor Ayla Emmink answers a late-night emergency call to treat a critically ill young girl, she must prepare herself for all scenarios - including heartbreak
16 Jun 2020 / 5 minute read
Paras Valeh - MSF
Paras Valeh
Doctor
"I will never forget her face": Saving lives from snakebite
Australian doctor Paras Valeh explains the dangers of snakebite for patients in South Sudan, and why antivenom must be made accessible to all who need it
18 May 2020 / 6 minute read
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