paediatrics

Four inspiring stories from our life-saving projects - September 2020

As COVID-19 continues to complicate our work in crises around the world, our teams are adapting and innovating to meet these healthcare challenges head-on

30 Sep 2020 / 3 minute read

MSF staff with a young patient receiving high flow treatment in Yemen

Alison Moebus

Nurse

The game-changer: How one MSF team is saving Yemen’s smallest patients

MSF teams work in crisis zones where high-tech treatments often aren’t available. Paediatric nurse Alison Moebus explains how one determined team in Yemen is overcoming this challenge.

15 Sep 2020 / 5 minute read

Ayla Emmink

Doctor

COVID-19 in South Sudan: Waiting for the wave - Part 2

As the pandemic disrupts medical supplies and staff, doctor Ayla Emmink is relocated from her rural project to a vast UN displacement camp – where our teams are racing to prepare for the arrival of COVID-19

16 Jul 2020 / 7 minute read

Blogs Team

Five powerful blogs from Doctors Without Borders - June 2020

Read a collection of powerful and personal stories from our medical projects around the world

30 Jun 2020 / 4 minute read

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

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

Blogs Team

Five compelling blogs from Doctors Without Borders - April 2020

Since the arrival of COVID-19, life in many countries has been transformed. While we miss being able to hold, comfort and celebrate with each other, one thing that hasn't changed is our staff's determination to deliver medical aid where it's needed most * Some of these stories were written before social distancing measures were implemented *

01 May 2020 / 5 minute read

Barbara Saitta

Nurse

A ‘devil’s choice’: Balancing childhood immunisation with preparing for COVID-19

Italian nurse Barbara shares how the spread of COVID-19 has the potential to disrupt life-saving vaccination campaigns around the world, causing a worrying "double burden" for healthcare systems that could cost young lives

30 Apr 2020 / 8 minute read

An MSF mobile medical team cross a makeshift bridge in DRC

Vera Schmitz

Nurse

Crossing the swamp forest to keep my promise

Through swamps and impassable forests, paediatric nurse Vera rides with a motorbike-mounted medical team – racing to vaccinate children against a deadly measles epidemic in DRC

31 Mar 2020 / 7 minute read

Footprints from children treated at Goyalmara hospital in Bangladesh

Paul Jawor

WATSAN

This picture shows more than just footprints...

On a wall in an MSF hospital in Bangladesh, a simple artwork celebrates hope as healthy children are discharged from the intensive care unit

03 Feb 2020 / 3 minute read

Two-year-old Mohammed was brought to Sokoto hospital after wounds caused by noma made it too difficult for him to eat

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

Eleven incredible eye-witness stories that inspired us in 2019

Blogs Team

Eleven incredible eyewitness stories that inspired us in 2019

From noma to natural disasters, mental health to malnutrition, our staff were on the frontline of humanitarian healthcare in 2019. Here, we share some of their most extraordinary experiences to bring you closer to the action and the people we work tirelessly to help.

17 Dec 2019 / 11 minute read

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