South Sudanese

Fieldset

Innovation: How ultrasound is saving lives in South Sudan

Stephen is a midwife from South Sudan, working with MSF in Malakal camp to provide care to people displaced by conflict. In this post, he explains how new kit and training in "point-of-care" ultrasound scans are helping midwives like him make life-saving diagnoses.

12 Nov 2018

Dr Tor Deng

Doctor

A doctor comes home: "By joining MSF, I knew that I could help my community, and that I could save lives"

Dr Tor Deng is a general practitioner working for MSF in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan. After graduating from medical school in Khartoum, he decided to return to Abyei, his home region. He shares some of the challenges and successes of the HIV/TB programme run by MSF in Agok Hospital.

13 Jul 2017

Nola Aniba Tito

Cultural Mediator

Being a refugee in Uganda: "At night, I can’t stop thinking about what is going to happen to me and my children"

Nola Aniba Tito, 27, is one of the medical translators working in the MSF health centre in Rhino refugee settlement in Uganda. She shares her story.

18 May 2017

Riak

It takes a whole team: working together in South Sudan

Riak is a supply logistician in South Sudan, a country which has been affected by civil war since 2013. In the town of Bentiu, the UN has established a Protection of Civilians camp for people who have fled the conflict. Riak lives in the camp, and works to ensure that the MSF hospital has the medicines, equipment and other resources needed to provide medical care to thousands of people.

25 May 2016