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Why I post about pretty trees and pizza instead of the plight of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

Sarah is a field administrator currently based in a refugee camp in the north of Uganda. This is her first assignment with MSF, and she's been using social media to keep in touch with friends and family. Here she writes movingly about her experiences so far...

05 Jun 2017 / 5 minute read

Theresa Chan

Doctor

Fighting Hepatitis in Cambodia: Impostor Syndrome

Theresa is a doctor from the USA. She's currently based in MSF's hepatitis C clinic in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. Here she blogs about self-doubt, white coats, and finding her feet.

11 May 2017 / 4 minute read

Jonathan Drew

Doctor

Février

"Today is Thursday and I want to tell you about this child."

20 Mar 2017 / 3 minute read

Emily Gilbert

Project Coordination

"To continue to focus on our patients, we need to look after ourselves too"

Emily shares her experience of burnout.

23 Feb 2017 / 11 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

The Dead

20 Dec 2016 / 4 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Again

20 Dec 2016 / 4 minute read

Courtney Bercan

Nurse

Mary

"I always cry after a rescue. Always."

14 Dec 2016 / 10 minute read

Courtney Bercan

Nurse

Life and death at sea

I am walking alone along a boardwalk by the sea after disembarking 417 passengers in Italy. I am trying to process the events of the last three days and feel numb.

09 Dec 2016 / 9 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Macaroni

It’s hard to believe that I’ve developed such a negative visceral reaction to the name of a food that I actually like to eat: the word “macaroni” now fills me with a sense of hopelessness and dread

25 Oct 2016 / 3 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Death

There is an intimacy about living on the boat with the people you have rescued that isn’t present in other projects or jobs.

20 Oct 2016 / 3 minute read

Lisa Lepine

Obstetrician / Gynaecologist

South Sudan: The tragedy of being female

"The girl would not say what had happened. I am sure she is scared and might feel she needs to protect the identity of the perpetrator."

20 Oct 2016 / 4 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Search & Rescue: 'Imagine what these women could accomplish'

Sarah is a doctor on board the MV Aquarius, a search & rescue vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, which is jointly operated by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE. She blogs about the women she meets on board the ship, and considers the journeys they have faced to get there...

13 Oct 2016 / 5 minute read

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