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Nyame and her baby
Tom Niccol, MSF doctor
Tom Niccol
Doctor
"This is why we are here": The race to save a life in South Sudan
In remote Old Fangak, a woman is in desperate need of medical treatment. But with no surgical facilities and a runway too muddy to land a plane, time is running out... 
08 Oct 2019 / 8 minute read
Kristine and Mary greet each other for a follow-up appointment
Kristine Lauria - MSF
Kristine Lauria
Midwife
Mary unchained
In a place where mental illness is poorly understood, midwife Kristine meets a new mum in need of psychiatric support and human connection
15 Aug 2019 / 9 minute read
MSF doctors and nurses during an emergency case at the trauma center, Taiz Houban,
Alex Dunne
Alex Dunne
Advocacy
Yemen: “Our teams are working around the clock"
Airstrikes, landmines, a health system on the brink of collapse: people in Yemen are living through a grueling civil war. Alex Dunne shares his experience after 12 months in our team there…
18 Jun 2019 / 3 minute read
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Blogs Team
Four powerful blogs from Doctors Without Borders - May 2019
From finding hope in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, to a deeply personal post about humanitarian mental health, here are four powerful stories from our work around the world this month...
06 Jun 2019 / 4 minute read
Hannah Thompson MSF
Hannah Thompson
Midwife
A midwife in DRC: "Women deserve excellent care, the world over"
From morning clinics to late-night emergencies, UK midwife Hannah shares her experience working in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo
07 May 2019 / 6 minute read
Claire Harper - MSF midwife
Claire Harper
Midwife
A midwife in DRC: "The roads are like nothing I have ever seen"
US midwife Claire takes a bumpy ride to a remote healthcare centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo
14 Mar 2019 / 4 minute read
Quadruplets
Sundas Pervez MSF
Sundas Parvez
Nurse
Pakistan: The miracle babies
Sundas meets a mother of quadruplets...
08 Mar 2019 / 2 minute read
Walikale sunset
Claire Harper - MSF midwife
Claire Harper
Midwife
Welcome to Walikale: Settling into life as an MSF midwife
Two weeks into her first ever MSF assignment, US midwife Claire shares her early impressions from the Democratic Republic of Congo
06 Mar 2019 / 4 minute read
Pippa Letchworth
Obstetrician / Gynaecologist
Bruised and battered: Obstetrics in Nigeria
Pippa is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant from the UK on assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Jahun, part of northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state – an area where high numbers of women and children die during childbirth.
23 Nov 2018 / 3 minute read
Stephen midwife Malakal MSF
Obulejo Stephen Melebi
Midwife
Innovation: How ultrasound is saving lives in South Sudan
Stephen is a midwife from South Sudan, working with MSF in Malakal camp to provide care to people displaced by conflict. In this post, he explains how new kit and training in "point-of-care" ultrasound scans are helping midwives like him make life-saving diagnoses.
12 Nov 2018 / 5 minute read
Christine Tasnier MSF
Christine Tasnier
Midwife
Ethiopia: “She named her baby Nyamire. It means decision”
Christine Tasnier is a midwife from the UK, currently working in Ethiopia’s Kule Refugee Camp – home to around 54,000 people fleeing conflict in neighbouring South Sudan.
06 Nov 2018 / 8 minute read
Kariantti Kallio
Anaesthetics
No time for goodbyes: Leaving Bangui
After an assignment marked by violence, an MSF anaesthetist faces his next challenge: returning home.
29 Oct 2018 / 3 minute read

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