As a child living in a displacement camp in Uganda, Aisha Akello first found MSF when her brother needed urgent treatment. More than thirty years later and now working as an MSF midwife, she shares her inspiring story...
In Kimbi, DRC, sex workers are keen to protect themselves from HIV. But having enough condoms, and persuading every client to wear one, can be a challenge. Dr Charles Ssonko describes an innovative project aiming to make a difference...
Charles Ssonko is an HIV/TB advisor based in the Manson Unit – a specialist medical innovation team – at MSF UK. As part of his work in the Central African Republic, Charles blogs about a series of innovative groups that have empowered HIV patients even in times of conflict.
So, when I finish the treatment, I have to go to school. I’ll take the application form in around June I think. I’m prepared to struggle very hard to get admission!
My father’s condition is fair but the broken leg is giving him problems. It is swelling up and we are a bit confused why. The local herb doctor came here with the herbs for the broken bones.
I’m on different drugs now and it’s better. My greatest fear is that, after finishing the treatment, I won’t have the capacity to do the things I was doing before.
