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Five staff stories from our frontline teams - April 2022
This month's highlights from the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) blog
29 Apr 2022 / 3 minute read
A baby sleeps on board the Ocean Viking
Field Communications Manager Hannah Wallace Bowman
Hannah Wallace Bowman
Communications
"All stations, ready for rescue": My solemn oath to people seeking safety
It's a cold January evening and the Ocean Viking crew are preparing for a rescue in the Mediterranean – their fourth in a row with no rest. Writing in vivid detail, communications specialist Hannah takes us onboard for a dramatic night at sea.
01 Apr 2020 / 7 minute read
About 8,000 people live in the overcrowded Vathy refugee camp on the island of Samos, which was built to accommodate only 650 people
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Five eye-opening blogs from Doctors Without Borders - March 2020
COVID-19, Ebola, detention in Libya, the Greek refugee crisis - our teams are responding to humanitarian healthcare crises across the world. Hear from our staff working both on the ground and behind the scenes in this collection of eye-opening blogs.
25 Mar 2020 / 6 minute read
Michael Neuman
Michaël Neuman
Advisor
Libya: The forgotten ones
In February, MSF migration advisor Michaël Neuman spent 10 days with our teams working in detention centres in Libya. In this frank and insightful account, Michaël reveals the abuses and challenges migrants and refugees endure in their search for safety, and how the system is failing them. 
18 Mar 2020 / 13 minute read
Karla Claus (top right) with the Maban logistics team in South Sudan
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Five inspiring blogs from Doctors Without Borders - February 2020
From a nurse on a search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean, to a team of logistics specialists ensuring the smooth running of operations in South Sudan, here are five inspiring eye-witness stories from our staff around the world.
26 Feb 2020 / 5 minute read
Catherine Flanigan hugs a survivor as they prepare to disembark the Aquarius
MSF nurse Catherine Flanigan
Catherine Flanigan
Nurse
Saving lives at sea: Part Two
It's September 2018 and nurse Catherine is on board the search and rescue ship Aquarius, jointly operated by MSF and SOS Méditerranée. In this diary extract, she describes a rescue that almost ended in disaster for dozens of people fleeing violence in Libya.
05 Feb 2020 / 13 minute read
MSF nurse Catherine Flanigan watches on as survivors are transferred from Aquarius to Maltese authorities
MSF nurse Catherine Flanigan
Catherine Flanigan
Nurse
Saving lives at sea: Part One
It's September 2018 and nurse Catherine is on board the search and rescue ship Aquarius, jointly operated by MSF and SOS Méditerranée. In this diary extract, she describes a rescue that almost ended in disaster for dozens of people fleeing violence in Libya.
05 Feb 2020 / 13 minute read
Two-year-old Mohammed was brought to Sokoto hospital after wounds caused by noma made it too difficult for him to eat
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Blogs Team
Four moving blogs from Doctors Without Borders - January 2020
From an intensive care ward in South Sudan, to a hospital helping children recover from a little-known but devastating disease, read these powerful stories from our work around the world
31 Jan 2020 / 5 minute read
After four days of life-saving rescue missions, Ocean Viking heads north to find a port of safety for all those on board.
Field Communications Manager Hannah Wallace Bowman
Hannah Wallace Bowman
Communications
Abdul the barber and other stories from the Ocean Viking
Communications manager Hannah is on board the Ocean Viking documenting MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE’s life-saving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Through her photos and stories, she humanises a humanitarian crisis that has made headlines around the world.
18 Nov 2019 / 9 minute read
MSF nurse Tim Harrison at work on board Ocean Viking
Tim Harrison
Nurse
"This story has affected me to my core": Life on board the Ocean Viking
The refugee crisis in Southern Europe has made headlines around the world, but what's it like working on MSF’s search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean? Experienced MSF nurse Tim talks about life on board the Ocean Viking. 
13 Nov 2019 / 5 minute read
Luca - MSF doctor
Luca
Doctor
“He just kept running, despite the shrapnel wound bleeding”
On board the Ocean Viking search and rescue ship, Italian doctor Luca treats a young patient with a traumatic story of how we came to be on a sinking boat in the Central Mediterranean...
29 Aug 2019 / 5 minute read
A woman in detention centre.
Jai Defranciscis - MSF
Jai Defranciscis
Nurse
Libya: “I’ve done nothing wrong – why am I in a prison?”
Australian nurse Jai Defranciscis shares her experience of working in Misrata, Libya, where MSF is providing care for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers facing arbitrary detention and extreme suffering
10 Apr 2019 / 6 minute read

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