Displaced people

Asifa and Samira: Mental health in Marib, Yemen

Marib was once considered one of the safest places in Yemen. Now war, displacement and poverty are leaving their marks on the mental health of the region's inhabitants. The needs are 'overwhelming' says Hasina Nouroj, MSF's mental health activities manager...

07 Feb 2022 / 6 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Displaced people

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