Syria Crisis

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...

24 Sep 2019 / 5 minute read

Kateřina Šrahůlková

Mental health specialist

"Imagine a safe place": Working as a psychologist with refugee children

In Jordan Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are working with families who are trying to rebuild their lives

01 Nov 2018 / 7 minute read

Akin Chan

Surgeon

“I promised to save his son”: An MSF surgeon returns to Syria

Akin writes about his emotional return to the country he fell in love with – including his fight to save the lives of two young boys.

16 Jun 2018 / 7 minute read

Renate Sinke

Project Coordination

“I believe in miracles”: Treating casualties from the Syrian civil war

For more than four years, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have treated severely injured Syrian refugees arriving in Ramtha, Jordan. As our time in the city comes to a close, Renate Sinke, a project coordinator from the Netherlands, remembers saving lives and limbs as part of a remarkable surgical programme.

06 Jun 2018 / 4 minute read

Martina Jurigova

Nurse

“We need blood right now”: the race to save a life in Syria

On assignment with MSF/ Doctors Without Borders in northeastern Syria, nurse Martina tells the story of a dangerously ill patient and the community that saved her

04 Jun 2018 / 6 minute read

Lorena Bilbao

Emergency Coordinator

"Your everlasting dedication humbles all of us"

An open letter to the doctors of East Ghouta

28 Mar 2018 / 5 minute read

Marion Thimm

Mental health specialist

Mental health support for children in Syria: Poems of loss and displacement

"I still remember vividly the first time I saw seven-year-old Maida"

26 Mar 2018 / 4 minute read

A blood bag hangs in an MSF facility in Syria

Vanessa Cramond

Nurse

Blood, iron and Aisha: treating children with chronic conditions in Syria

The health system in Syria has been devastated by years of war. This means that patients who require regular treatment, often for life-threatening conditions, face a desperate search to get the care they need. Vanessa blogs about one little girl and her determined family...

19 Sep 2017 / 6 minute read

Kate Baldwin

Biomedical scientist

In the lab: '80% of all diagnoses can be attributed to our work'

When doctors don't know what's wrong with a patient, they order tests. But many people don't know what happens next. Kate is a biomedical scientist working in our hospital in Jordan. She blogs about the life-saving work of the lab...

28 Mar 2017 / 2 minute read

Zani Prinsloo

Midwife

Lebanon: New Life In The Shadow Of War

Since the start of the Syrian war, around a million refugees have fled into Lebanon.

24 Mar 2017 / 5 minute read

Fadumo Omar Mohamed

Mental health specialist

Syrian refugees: "The healing process is not only physical but also mental and emotional"

Fadumo joined Médecins Sans Frontières in 2013 as a Mental Health Activity Manager. Her latest assignment took her to Jordan where MSF are treating war-wounded Syrians.

17 Feb 2017 / 3 minute read

Nicole Baechtold

Financial and Human Resources Coordinator

Lebanon: Meeting refugees from Syria

Nicole is a finance and HR manager currently working in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. The project in Bekaa aims to provide healthcare to some of the thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria.

16 Nov 2016 / 7 minute read