Afghanistan

A team of MSF nurses perform CPR on a critically ill young child at Herat Regional Hospital, December 2020

“We rushed her to the red zone”: Saving a young life in Afghanistan

Treatment isn’t working for a critically ill little girl carried into an MSF hospital. Paediatric nurse Rebecca Ferguson and the team will need to act fast.

11 May 2022 / 6 minute read

Rebecca Ferguson

Nurse

Afghanistan: “It all starts with a simple ABCDE”

At a newly opened emergency unit in Herat, Afghanistan, MSF nurse Rebecca is training a team to triage more than 400 patients a day...

03 Feb 2022 / 6 minute read

Blogs Team

Four powerful stories from our staff around the world - January 2022

This month's highlights from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) blog

31 Jan 2022 / 3 minute read

Mamman outside the MSF hospital in Afghanistan

Mamman Mustapha

Project Coordination

Nine months in Afghanistan

When Mamman Mustapha joined the MSF team in Afghanistan, it was for a short assignment in a ‘relatively quiet' part of the country. Nine months later he had witnessed an escalating conflict, a change in government and a growing humanitarian crisis.

17 Jan 2022 / 6 minute read

Dr Ajmal

Doctor

Afghanistan: “There was still a chance to save her…”

When an emergency case arrives at a hospital in the city of Lashkar Gah, the team must race to save a life. Dr Ajmal* shares the story…

29 Nov 2021 / 4 minute read

Blogs Team

Four powerful stories from our staff around the world - October 2021

This month's highlights from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) blog

29 Oct 2021 / 3 minute read

Gianna Falchetto

Nurse

The roar, the fear, the bunker: My time at a frontline hospital in Afghanistan

Nurse Gianna Falchetto returns from Lashkar Gah, where her team worked under extreme pressure to keep a hospital running

21 Oct 2021 / 7 minute read

Blogs Team

Five inspirational stories from our staff around the world - September 2021

This month's highlights from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) blog

29 Sep 2021 / 5 minute read

Afghan medic

Doctor

Afghanistan: "Patient numbers have increased tremendously"

An MSF medic working in Lashkar Gah shares the impact on healthcare they have witnessed amid the recent conflict and transfer of power

02 Sep 2021 / 5 minute read

Blogs Team

Four powerful personal stories from our work around the world – March 2021

This month's highlights from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) blog

31 Mar 2021 / 3 minute read

Luiza Noronha

Anaesthetics

“Khost, the place I consider my second home”

Khost province is located in the southeast of Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan. This place was my home during three incredible and intense months, while I worked as an anaesthetist at the MSF maternity working and living alongside many like minded others from around the world and from the local community.

24 Feb 2017 / 3 minute read

Jan Pouza

Logistician

Afghanistan: Building maternity wards (and a volleyball court!)

Report from a logistician turning his skills at the Boost hospital in Afghanistan which is one of the biggest MSF-supported hospital projects in the world: providing surgery, internal medicine, emergency services and intensive care. It also specialises in treating tuberculosis and malnutrition.

01 Dec 2016 / 6 minute read

Afghanistan

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