Nurses are key members of the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders MSF team, providing vital medical care to patients in emergencies around the world. But staffing guidelines for nurses are largely based on experience and expert opinion rather than evidence. Josie blogs from the start of a new project that’s aiming to change that…
Brigitte celebrates International Nurses' Day with her team in Haiti
Annke blogs at the end of a tough day on the ward in Pakistan
Annke is a nurse from South Africa. She's recently joined the team in Pakistan, where she's finding that sometimes words are not needed...
Chris writes from Sierra Leone about visiting a health post, a small clinic providing medical care to the local community. Chris is part of the team helping to support local staff from the Sierra Leonean health service in their objective to provide free healthcare to children under five, and pregnant and breast-feeding women. Here he blogs about the small acts that can make a real difference...
Johanna Lönn is a nurse from Sweden on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For seven months she'll be managing a tuberculosis department at the hospital in a refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan. The hospital is the only health centre in the camp. Here she blogs about the facilities and staff practices around the camp.
"I have beaten XDR-TB. I am now working on my dreams of being a nurse."
