MSF teams work in crisis zones where high-tech treatments often aren’t available. Paediatric nurse Alison Moebus explains how one determined team in Yemen is overcoming this challenge.
Paediatric nurse Vera Schmitz is in DRC, where an MSF team are striving to vaccinate children against a deadly measles epidemic in the shadow of COVID-19
Italian nurse Barbara shares how the spread of COVID-19 has the potential to disrupt life-saving vaccination campaigns around the world, causing a worrying "double burden" for healthcare systems that could cost young lives
Nurse Cordula has worked with MSF in the Central African Republic, Greece, Haiti, Libya, and South Africa. Now, she finds herself deployed to her home country, Germany, where she is aiding the fight against COVID-19.
Through swamps and impassable forests, paediatric nurse Vera rides with a motorbike-mounted medical team – racing to vaccinate children against a deadly measles epidemic in DRC
In depths of the Sudd - a vast South Sudanese swampland - access to healthcare can be extremely limited. Nigerian nurse Stephen shares his story of reaching cut-off communities with a grassroots approach to saving lives.
On board the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, MSF nurse Catherine and the team are fighting rough seas and fast-moving events to save people from a small boat caught in the chaos.
Part two of two
When MSF and partner SOS MEDITERRANEE were forced to end Mediterranean search and rescue operations in late 2018, MSF nurse Catherine thought her days at sea were over. Soon, she would be back aboard a new ship - the Ocean Viking - helping save the lives of people fleeing Libya.
Part one of two
When an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo is attacked and all but deserted, MSF nurse Courtney must decide whether she will go to the conflict zone to keep it open. She reveals the impact violence has on patients and staff, and introduces us to the inspiring Ebola workers who refuse to leave.
British nurse Scarlett writes from Sokoto in northwest Nigeria, where a specialist team is helping children in the community fight a devastating and disfiguring disease through surgery, mental health support, and importantly, prevention
It's September 2018 and nurse Catherine is on board the search and rescue ship Aquarius, jointly operated by MSF and SOS Méditerranée. In this diary extract, she describes a rescue that almost ended in disaster for dozens of people fleeing violence in Libya.
It's September 2018 and nurse Catherine is on board the search and rescue ship Aquarius, jointly operated by MSF and SOS Méditerranée. In this diary extract, she describes a rescue that almost ended in disaster for dozens of people fleeing violence in Libya.
