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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

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

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

Sundas Parvez

Nurse

Pakistan: The miracle babies

Sundas meets a mother of quadruplets...

08 Mar 2019 / 2 minute read

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

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

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

Pippa Letchworth

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

Obstetrics in Nigeria: Meeting the “real heroes”

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. In this blog, she shares her experience of meeting a local surgeon.

02 Oct 2018 / 3 minute read

Kariantti Kallio

Anaesthetics

After the fight: Returning to routine in Bangui

After nearby conflict forced his MSF team to evacuate a maternity hospital in Bangui, Central African Republic, Finnish anaesthetist Kariantti writes about returning to routine in the days following the fighting.

01 Oct 2018 / 3 minute read

Heidi Wikstrom

Surgeon

Surgery in Agok: Some patients you remember forever

Some patients you remember forever. Heidi shares this emotional blog from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Agok, which lies in a special administrative area between Sudan and South Sudan.

18 Aug 2018 / 4 minute read

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