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MSF staff in Guiuan unloads supplies from a helicopter coming from Cebu.

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An MSF community health worker in Bentiu, South Sudan

Elizabeth Wait

Health Promoter

Let's talk about sex: STIs, stigma and South Sudan

Imagine striking up a conversation about sexually transmitted diseases with a stranger in a public place. Now imagine doing this in a foreign country with unfamiliar languages and cultural practices. Health promoter Elizabeth learns South Sudan is full of surprises...

20 Nov 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.

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

MSF logisticians unload supplies delivered by plane to Lankien, South Sudan. Isolated and difficult to reach by road, the project is often supplied by air.

Jennifer Hulse

Doctor

From Snowdonia to South Sudan: Doctor delivers emergency care

On her first assignment with MSF, doctor Jennifer swaps the mountains of Snowdonia for the vast swamps of South Sudan to provide emergency care in the remote town of Lankien.

17 Nov 2019 / 9 minute read

Tim Harrison

Nurse

"This story has affected me to my core": Life on board the Ocean Viking

The refugee crisis in Southern Europe has made headlines around the world, but what's it like working on MSF’s search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean? Experienced MSF nurse Tim talks about life on board the Ocean Viking.

13 Nov 2019 / 5 minute read

MSF team cross river to reach tuberculosis patients in Papua New Guinea

Aurélie Rawinski

Nurse

Papua New Guinea: Healing in the jungle (Episode 3)

Aurélie is part of a team fighting to save the lives of people with tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and can be deadly if left untreated. We join her on the ground as she reaches out to communities in the Gulf region of Papua New Guinea…

12 Nov 2019 / 6 minute read

Daniel Campbell and Luise Jaehne

“Maternity! Now!”

Logistician Dan is a trained first responder, but when he asks midwife Luise to teach him a few new skills, he's plunged into a life-threatening emergency where both a mother and baby face slim odds of survival. Told from two different perspectives, this story takes us inside the team at a maternity ward at Leer, South Sudan...

05 Nov 2019 / 14 minute read

Blogs Team

Four stories that take you inside life with Doctors Without Borders - October 2019

In crises around the world, our teams are working together to save lives. This month, we meet four of them. From Nigeria to South Sudan, they share their stories to bring you closer to life in the team...

31 Oct 2019 / 4 minute read

Ji Nacanaynay

Nurse

Dreams and detours: How I became an MSF nurse

From childhood dreams to the frontline of humanitarian healthcare, Filipina nurse Ji shares the less than straight forward path that led her to MSF...

25 Oct 2019 / 6 minute read

Wolfgang Funk

Anaesthetics

The medical and the human side of care

Wolfgang's time in the D.R. Congo is short, just five weeks. But the team is eager to learn. And also Wolfgang is learning a lot - not only French and Swahili.

25 Oct 2019 / 3 minute read

Tom Niccol

Doctor

An "ordinary" morning with Doctors Without Borders

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...

23 Oct 2019 / 9 minute read

Christian Falkenstein

Mental health specialist

I still have a suitcase in Minsk...

... it will stay there too, which has a meaning of its own. This is how the journey lasts. And if I long to, then I’ll go back… (With apologies to Marlene Dietrich)

23 Oct 2019 / 4 minute read