bentiu

COVID-19 travel restrictions mean that many of our key medical and logistical staff aren't able to reach the projects where they're desperately needed. But what does that mean for teams on the ground? Dr Ayla blogs...

14 Aug 2020 / 4 minute read

Ayla Emmick outside the MSF hospital in Bentiu

Ayla Emmink

Doctor

COVID-19 in South Sudan: "We can do this, together"

What's it like to wait for a pandemic to hit your hospital? As they make all the preparations they can, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctor Ayla writes from remote Bentiu, in South Sudan...

01 Aug 2020 / 2 minute read

Margaret Ngunang

Mental health specialist

"I will leave this project with wonderful memories": Reflections of a first-time fieldworker

For seven months, US mental health specialist Margaret has been providing support to people living in Bentiu, a Protection of Civilians site in South Sudan. The camp offers protection to those fleeing violent conflict in the region and is home to more than 100,000 people, as well as an MSF hospital. Margaret reflects on her first field assignment with MSF.

14 Jan 2020 / 4 minute read

Elizabeth Wait

Health Promoter

Let's talk about sex: STIs, stigma and South Sudan

Imagine striking up a conversation about sexually transmitted diseases with a stranger in a public place. Now imagine doing this in a foreign country with unfamiliar languages and cultural practices. Health promoter Elizabeth learns South Sudan is full of surprises...

20 Nov 2019 / 5 minute read

Chris McAleer

Project Coordination

The empty gates of Bentiu town

"He took one look at the body then simply looked straight up at me, and without showing any emotion, told me it was his brother"

10 Apr 2018 / 7 minute read

Johanna Loenn

Nurse

South Sudan: "It feels very much like home"

Johanna Lönn is a nurse from Sweden on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For seven months she'll be managing a tuberculosis department at the hospital in a refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan. The hospital is the only health centre in the camp. Here she blogs about the facilities and staff practices around the camp.

02 Mar 2017 / 3 minute read

Johanna Loenn

Nurse

South Sudan: A place to call my own

Johanna Lönn is a nurse from Sweden on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For seven months she'll be managing a tuberculosis department at the hospital in a refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan. The hospital is the only health centre in the camp. Here she blogs about arriving at her home for the next six months.

16 Feb 2017 / 2 minute read

Lucy Williams

Nurse

'Less than an hour later, she opened her eyes'

Lucy is a nurse on her third assignment with MSF. She blogs about returning to Bentiu Protection of Civilians Site (PoC) in South Sudan. The site is home to thousands of people who have been displaced by the fighting in the area.

03 Oct 2016 / 4 minute read