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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

MSF nurse Fatouma Admaou talks to a mother in the Phase 2 tent at the Magaria paediatric unit in Niger.

Viviane Camirand

Doctor

The white bed

Every year, food shortages and the rainy season trigger a spike of malnutrition and malaria in Niger, with a dramatic impact on children. Doctor Viviane takes us on her rounds at Magaria District Hospital, where MSF is working with the Niger government to save young lives.

25 Nov 2019 / 9 minute read

Martina Jurigova

Nurse

“We’re fighting to save two babies. Then they bring in a third…”

In an area of northeast Nigeria caught up in conflict, difficulties reaching hospital means that many children don’t arrive until it’s too late. MSF nurse Martina shares her story…

13 Oct 2019 / 6 minute read

Margaret Ngunang

Mental health specialist

The beauty of movement: Helping young minds in South Sudan

Hospital is a tough environment for any child, let alone those whose families have lost almost everything. Mental health specialist Margaret explains why, despite conflict, displacement and illness, it’s vital to provide opportunities for kids to simply be kids…

09 Sep 2019 / 6 minute read

Blogs Team

Four great blogs from Doctors Without Borders - August 2019

From the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh to a search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean, here are four great blogs from our work around the world this month...

31 Aug 2019 / 4 minute read

Hayes Wong

Doctor

"Another way": Trying to breathe in South Sudan

Searching for a way to save a young boy's life, US doctor Hayes comes to terms with the sometimes unforgiving reality of working in humanitarian healthcare

09 Aug 2019 / 3 minute read

Blogs Team

Four moving blogs from Doctors Without Borders - July 2019

From an emergency room in Yemen to the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, here are four moving blogs from our work around the world this month...

31 Jul 2019 / 3 minute read

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