fatigue

Fieldset

fatigue

COVID-19 travel restrictions mean that many of our key medical and logistical staff aren't able to reach the projects where they're desperately needed. But what does that mean for teams on the ground? Dr Ayla blogs...

14 Aug 2020 / 4 minute read

Luis Encinas

Nurse

Chapter Seven: Stop-over in Itipo

Luis heads back to the capital as he works to start a vaccine trial in response to the current Ebola outbreak...

22 Jun 2018 / 4 minute read

Luis Encinas

Nurse

Chapter Five: Meetings

Working with local officials is a vital part of responding to a health emergency. Luis is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of MSF's response to the Ebola outbreak there.

13 Jun 2018 / 3 minute read

Sergio Scro

Project Coordination

"I work around the clock" : A day in the life of an MSF project coordinator

Sergio is working for MSF in Boga, in the northeast of Democratic Republic of Congo.

11 Jul 2017 / 5 minute read

White Orchid

TB blogger

10th month of treatment

White Orchid shares her experiences as she comes to the end of the intensive phase of her treatment for tuberculosis...

17 Mar 2017 / 5 minute read

White Orchid

TB blogger

6th month of treatment

As the side-effects of her tuberculosis treatment continue, White Orchid offers some advice for fellow patients...

17 Mar 2017 / 3 minute read

Sarah Giles

Doctor

Again

20 Dec 2016 / 4 minute read

Sinethemba Kuse

TB blogger

TB & Me: 'This is how my journey starts'

16-year-old Sinethemba loves singing and reading books. Last year she was diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant TB, a strain of the illness which is resistant to many of the medications normally used to treat it. She blogs about how receiving a six-month trial of one the newest drugs on the market changed her life...

24 Oct 2016 / 6 minute read