MSF in Afghanistan

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MSF in Afghanistan

The conflict in Afghanistan continues to limit access to quality healthcare services.

People in need of healthcare must often travel long distances, across insecure areas, to reach public medical facilities. A lack of trained medical staff, particularly female doctors and nurses, further restricts access for many. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is expanding its work at several hospitals, aiming to meet some of the most urgent needs.

MSF has been working in Afghanistan since 1981. It has several facilities all over Afghanistan, including a trauma centre in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan, and a hospital in Lashkargah, Helmand Province.

Afghanistan

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Mimansa Madheden

Midwife

A midwife returns to Afghanistan

Two years ago, Mimansa, a midwife with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was working in a maternity unit in Afghanistan. Now she’s preparing to go back, to see old friends and to return to work in a region with one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world…

04 июн 2018 / 3 minute read

Betina Austin

Nurse

Afghanistan: Imagining a Different Perspective

Betina is a neonatal nurse, who has recently finished her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Afghanistan…

02 Feb 2018 / 3 minute read

Séverine Caluwaerts

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Treating mums and babies in Khost, Afghanistan

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist Severine blogs from a maternity hospital in Afghanistan, where Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is working to provide women with a safe place to give birth…

26 янв 2018 / 6 minute read

Heather Gottleib

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Big Babies, Small Babies, So Many Babies!

Heather is an obstetrician-gynaecologist currently working for MSF/Doctors without Borders in Khost, Afghanistan...

05 янв 2018 / 5 minute read

Heather Gottleib

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Life-saving Work

"Under any circumstance, this is a sad story, but for a woman in Afghanistan, it is that much more devastating."

22 дек 2017 / 3 minute read

Heather Gottleib

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Never An Ordinary Day in Khost

In 2012, Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) opened a maternity hospital in Khost, eastern Afghanistan, to address the lack of obstetric care in the area. The hospital helps reduce maternal morbidity and mortality by offering a safe environment for women to deliver their babies, free of charge.

18 дек 2017 / 3 minute read

Heather Gottleib

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Acclimatizing to Kabul

"Years of war and political instability have decimated the country’s economy and healthcare infrastructure. Due to this, most pregnant women are not able to access prenatal care and all too often their first contact with the health care system in pregnancy will be in an emergency or in labour."

05 дек 2017 / 4 minute read

The mountains surrounding Kabul, from the air

Heather Gottleib

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

En Route to Afghanistan

"I was in a deep sleep until I felt a shaking sensation. Earthquake? No, I’m on a plane. Turbulence? Must be turbulence. No wait, I felt a hand on my shoulder. That’s when I heard 'Doctor, you’re needed upstairs. Come please.'"

23 ноя 2017 / 4 minute read

Rasha Khoury

Doctor

One hand does not clap - Afghani proverb

Rasha is an obstetrician who recently finished her latest posting with MSF, working in the maternity unit in Khost, Afghanistan. She shares her experiences...

12 окт 2017 / 5 minute read

Sanna Sjoeberg

Paediatrician

Afghanistan: On the way

Sanna is a paediatrician who has recently packed up her life in Sweden to begin her first posting for MSF. She'll be working at a women's hospital in Afghanistan...

20 апр 2017 / 2 minute read