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Mohamed Momoh, MSF clinical officer
Mohamed Momoh, MSF clinical officer
Mohamed Momoh
Clinical Officer
“They named him after me”: Saving lives in Sierra Leone
Mohamed Momoh, a clinical officer with the Doctors Without Borders, was born in Bo, Sierra Leone. Having worked as a medic through the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014, he shares his story and his hopes for the future of his country...  
13 Jun 2019 / 4 minute read
Gulnora and her two sons who have been diagnosed with extensively resistant TB
Gulnora
Gulnora
TB blogger
TB&Me: "In this treatment model you participate in the treatment—you can act for yourself"
When Gulnora's grandma died of tuberculosis, her family didn't realise they could be at risk. She blogs about helping her children through a new model of treatment...
04 Apr 2019 / 6 minute read
Marcela Mendonca MSF
Marcela Mendonca
Nurse
Vlog: A day with MSF in Sierra Leone
Argentinian nurse Marcela shares a video about a day in the life of her medical team at Kabala District Hospital
04 Feb 2019 / 1 minute read
Annke Yssel
Nurse
Nursing in Pakistan: The Tiny Babies and the Elephant Foot Bread
Annke blogs at the end of a tough day on the ward in Pakistan
29 Mar 2018 / 4 minute read
Mark Lee
Doctor
Liberia: New Developments
Mark blogs from the paediatric ward in Liberia, about changes - good and bad - that the new year has brought...
20 Feb 2018 / 3 minute read
Ian Cross
Doctor
Bangladesh: Three babies, one problem
Ian is in Bangladesh, where MSF / Doctors Without Borders is providing medical care to Rohingya refugees. Since August 2017, over 620,000 Rohingya people have arrived in Bangladesh, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar. 
22 Dec 2017 / 3 minute read
Mårten Larsson
Doctor
A Paediatrician in Guinea-Bissau: What you leave behind
Mårten, a paediatrician from Sweden, has recently finished his first posting with MSF / Doctors Without Borders in Guinea-Bissau, a small country on the west coast of Africa. Today he blogs about coming home, and the things you leave behind…
19 Dec 2017 / 3 minute read
Nina Goldman
Doctor
A doctor in Bangladesh: Success or Failure?
Nina is in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where MSF / Doctors Without Borders are providing medical care to Rohingya refugees. More than 620,000 have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar since August 2017…
17 Dec 2017 / 3 minute read
Ian Cross
Doctor
Bangladesh: Dr Maverick
Ian is in Bangladesh, where MSF / Doctors Without Borders is providing medical care to Rohingya refugees. Since August 2017, over 620,000 Rohingya people have arrived in Bangladesh, fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
15 Dec 2017 / 2 minute read
Mark Lee
Doctor
Liberia: Heroes & Villains - part 2
Mark is a doctor from the UK, currently working at an MSF / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Liberia, a country where the health system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. In his last post, Mark wrote about one of his heroes at the project. Today, he writes about one of the 'villains'...
29 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read
Mårten Larsson
Doctor
A paediatrician in Guinea-Bissau: Malaria season is here
With the rains come the mosquitos. Mårten blogs from the rainy season in Guinea-Bissua, where the hospital is ready for an influx of patients with potentially deadly malaria...
07 Nov 2017 / 4 minute read
Ian Cross
Doctor
Bangladesh: Two Little Girls
Ian Cross is a doctor from the UK who is currently working at the MSF project in Kutupalong, Bangladesh. The project serves Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar. Here he tells the stories of two little girls who came for treatment at the clinic...
01 Nov 2017 / 2 minute read

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