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Mohammed Dikko Abdullahi
Mohammed Dikko Abdullahi
Project Coordination
“I could see the joy on their faces”: Life-saving care in northern Nigeria
Mohammed Dikko Abdullahi works for MSF in his hometown of Maiduguri, a city of relative security in a region which has faced over a decade of violence. He shares the story of a young family and the medical care that saves lives.
10 Aug 2021 / 6 minute read
Chiara Domenichini
Chiara Domenichini
Nurse
Innovation: A new way to manage menstrual hygiene in a humanitarian crisis?
Access to good menstrual hygiene is key to women’s health and wellbeing. But too often in humanitarian crises their needs go unmet. Can an innovative approach find a culturally appropriate solution to this problem? Nurse Chiara Domenichini introduces a new project that’s aiming to find out… 
27 May 2021 / 6 minute read
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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
Djapan, an MSF community health worker in DRC
Djapan
Health Promoter
DRC: "Helping my community at all costs"
What happens when violence breaks out between communities? "Djapan" is 30 years old and works as a community health educator for MSF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He shares his experiences…
09 Oct 2020 / 5 minute read
Samuel
Samuel Avubu
Audio diary: "I feel so much joy and happiness in my heart"
Samuel Avubu has worked as a watchman for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Mundri, South Sudan. Today he shares some life-changing personal news...
08 Dec 2019 / 2 minute read
Hayes Wong - MSF
Hayes Wong
Doctor
"Another way": Trying to breathe in South Sudan
Searching for a way to save a young boy's life, US doctor Hayes comes to terms with the sometimes unforgiving reality of working in humanitarian healthcare
09 Aug 2019 / 3 minute read
Alfred Davies
Project Coordination
Nigeria: "The tents were strewn with wounded people, there was barely room to move"
Alfred Davies is an MSF Project Coordinator working in Nigeria. He was at the scene on 17 January 2017, when the Nigerian Army bombed the displaced persons camp in Rann. At least 170 people were killed. Here he blogs about what he witnessed on that horrific day.
19 Jan 2017 / 4 minute read
Raghu Venugopal
Doctor
Malnourished children and displaced people
As the dry season drags on, Raghu and the team in Am Timan in southern Chad must work together to respond...
09 May 2013 / 5 minute read

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