French

In February, MSF migration advisor Michaël Neuman spent 10 days with our teams working in detention centres in Libya. In this frank and insightful account, Michaël reveals the abuses and challenges migrants and refugees endure in their search for safety, and how the system is failing them.

18 Mar 2020 / 13 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

An MSF canoe heads upriver in Papua New Guinea

Aurélie Rawinski

Nurse

Papua New Guinea : Healing along the water (Episode 2)

Aurélie is part of a team aiming to save the lives of people with tuberculosis, a potentially deadly bacterial infection which often affects the lungs. Today she takes us with them as they journey into the remote bush of Papua New Guinea…

24 Sep 2019 / 6 minute read

Camille Quilichini

Construction specialist

Life in South Sudan, illustrated

From January to July 2019, architect Camille Quilichini spent time with MSF in Aweil, northwest South Sudan. Her illustrations offer a glimpse into daily life at a hospital where MSF has been working to provide obstetric and paediatric care since 2008.

10 Sep 2019 / 8 minute read

Aurélie Rawinski

Nurse

Papua New Guinea: Healing along the water (Episode 1)

Aurélie's first posting as a nurse with Doctors Without Borders takes her upriver in remote Papua New Guinea. She shares the story...

30 Aug 2019 / 7 minute read

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Blindfolds, raincoats and antibiotics: training the team in Central African Republic

When Antoine volunteered to help with some medical training, this was not what he expected. He shares the story from the Central African Republic…

28 Feb 2019 / 3 minute read

Flavien Mercier

Logistician

Pakistan: Remote management, team structure and training

Flavien is a log admin from France, currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Pakistan. After five months of “remote management” from a base in Islamabad, he is about to travel to his project in the town of Chaman, on the border with Afghanistan. In this blog post, he compares some aspects of his second assignment with his first one.

02 Jan 2019 / 7 minute read

An MSF landcruiser driving through a river in CAR

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Termite time: A day with a community outreach team

Supply logistician Antoine is in the Central African Republic, joining a Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) community outreach team on a trip to a remote village health centre.

03 Dec 2018 / 6 minute read

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Logistics: Busy weeks in Bossangoa

How do our teams make sure they have everything they need to save lives? Supply logistician Antoine takes us behind the scenes in the Central African Republic.

22 Oct 2018 / 4 minute read

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Landing an airplane in Bossangoa

Antoine has recently arrived in the Central African Republic, where his role is to ensure that the project has the vital supplies it needs to function. Recently however, he's been taking on some additional responsibilities...

20 Sep 2018 / 3 minute read

The emergency room at the Bossangoa hospital

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Supply logistics in the Central African Republic: First week of work

In Bossangoa, in the west of the Central African Republic, Antoine has joined the Medecines Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders team during the peak season for malaria. He blogs…

17 Sep 2018 / 4 minute read

The MSF compound in Bossangoa, Central African Republic

Antoine Clogne

Logistician

Central African Republic: First Days in Bossangoa

Supply logistician Antoine blogs from Bossangoa in the Central African Republic, where he’s just arrived to begin his first assignment with MSF/Doctors Without Borders...

04 Sep 2018 / 4 minute read