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Sunset over Mundri in South Sudan
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
South Sudan: "With COVID-19, it's a case of 'when' not 'if'"
In her previous post, MSF doctor Ayla shared the story of a late-night emergency call to treat a young patient who sadly could not be saved. In this latest piece, she looks back at that night…
19 Jun 2020 / 3 minute read
A rainbow over the MSF hospital at Mundri in South Sudan
Ayla Emmink is an MSF doctor from the Netherlands
Ayla Emmink
Doctor
South Sudan: “Please start CPR, I'm on my way"
When MSF doctor Ayla Emmink answers a late-night emergency call to treat a critically ill young girl, she must prepare herself for all scenarios - including heartbreak
16 Jun 2020 / 5 minute read
Georgina Woolveridge
Doctor
Yemen diary, part two: Entitlement
In part two of her diary from Yemen, Dr Georgina Woolveridge writes about the patients at the hospital in Al Udayn, Yemen...
26 Jul 2019 / 4 minute read
Claire Harper - MSF midwife
Claire Harper
Midwife
“I am proud to offer these services”: How we’re improving women’s healthcare in DRC
The team in Walikale, DRC have seen first-hand the devastating impact sexual violence and unsafe abortion can have on their patients. Together they're ensuring that the services MSF offers can help. Midwife Claire blogs...
10 Jun 2019 / 8 minute read
Saschveen Singh
Doctor
Ebola in DRC: “This has touched my heart forever”
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is fighting an Ebola epidemic – now the second-largest outbreak in history. At the end of her first week on the frontline, Australian doctor Saschveen shares this story of hope…
14 Jan 2019 / 2 minute read
Mint Plant
Trish Newport - MSF
Trish Newport
Project Coordination
Iraq: Mahmoud and the mint plant
Trish blogs about a man whose devotion to his family kept the team grounded in war-torn Mosul...
04 Sep 2017 / 5 minute read
Georgina Woolveridge
Doctor
Surviving sexual violence in Bangladesh: "An endless battle"
Dr Georgina Woolveridge  recently spent six months working in Kamrangirchar, a slum area on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. She describes some of the factors fuelling violence in the overcrowded slum.
04 Apr 2017 / 3 minute read
Aisling Semple
Doctor
"He tells me this is a precious baby..."
Paediatrician Aisling Semple blogs from Quetta in Pakistan...
15 Jul 2016 / 4 minute read
Thomas Silfverberg
Doctor
Capricorn sisters
She comes to us on a windy evening. She is 12 years old and carries her 2.5-month-old sister. The two sisters were born under the Capricorn zodiac sign.
11 Sep 2015 / 3 minute read
Minja Westerlund
Mental health specialist
For better, for worse
“Do you want to come and see a bride price ceremony?” counselor Leonie asked us last week. Of course I, the project coordinator and the medical doctor Martina were immediately up for it.
08 May 2013 / 3 minute read
Trish Newport - MSF
Trish Newport
Project Coordination
Seasons
The changing of seasons affects the lives of people differently throughout the world.
30 Apr 2012 / 4 minute read

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