Months of talking, over a year of reflecting, and finally on Wednesday 6 January we entered officially into Magburaka Government Hospital working alongside the Ministry of Health, immediately boost
The maternal child health project, where MSF will be supporting a district in Sierra Leone, has not begun yet. We are due to commence activities later in January.
Whenever I see a patient I often hear the words of previous senior colleagues in my head, or phrases from books that I’ve memorised for tricky situations.
Central African Republic (CAR). Before I came here the name conjured up for me dark scenes of civil war, senseless killing and gruelling poverty. I was nervous.
I arrived back in Brussels early yesterday. I have my good coffee, good chocolate and some good company. The same questions are asked to me over and again. What was it like? Were you scared?
Sitting in the epicentre of the largest ever recorded Ebola epidemic, is a strange place to be. Family and friends ask everyday, “When are you coming home?”.