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MSF field driver Fikile Ngwenya checks her vehicle fastidiously before heading out each morning

Eswatini: “To the women: Go there, do it!”

Drivers are vital to all of MSF's projects, using their skills and local knowledge to ensure staff, patients, equipment and supplies travel safely in sometimes hazardous terrain. In Eswatini, driving is a role traditionally associated with men, but Fikile Ngwenya wasn't going to let that stand in her way...

27 Feb 2022 / 4 minute read

MSF nurse Shirley Samsom wearing blue PPE

Shirley Samson

Nurse

Nursing in Nigeria: “A passion was ignited in me”

An outbreak of Lassa Fever gave nurse Shirley Samson a passion for protecting her patients and colleagues. Since then, she’s worked through a pandemic, overcome supply shortages, and been part of the team responding to multiple emergencies. Now responsible for preventing and controlling infection in MSF’s project in Ebonyi State, she explains why this work is key when it comes to saving lives.

10 Jan 2022 / 6 minute read

Ola Barakat

Pharmacist

“Nothing will stand in my way”: Pharmacist, student and pregnant in a pandemic

MSF pharmacist Ola Barakat shares her determination to follow her own path and to go where her skills are needed most.

01 Apr 2021 / 5 minute read

Blogs Team

Five inspiring blogs from Doctors Without Borders - May 2020

On the ground, around the world, our staff are delivering medical aid 365 days a year. Here's our selection of eyewitness stories from the frontline in May. * Some of these stories were written before social distancing measures were implemented *

29 May 2020 / 5 minute read

Ji Nacanaynay

Nurse

Dreams and detours: How I became an MSF nurse

From childhood dreams to the frontline of humanitarian healthcare, Filipina nurse Ji shares the less than straight forward path that led her to MSF...

25 Oct 2019 / 6 minute read

Anonymous Nurse

Nurse

“Beneath the waters, you will find us”: Life after the cyclone that killed my husband

When Cyclone Idai claimed her husband's life, a 26-year-old nurse knew she had to fight to save her family and support her community

24 Jun 2019 / 6 minute read

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

Thok Johnson

Nurse

From child refugee to MSF medic: This is my incredible story

When a humanitarian team saved his young life, South Sudanese refugee Thok was inspired to one day become a nurse and "return the favour"

25 Mar 2019 / 5 minute read

MSF nurse Bukar with five-year-old Hafsat

Mårten Larsson

Doctor

Nursing in Nigeria: It’s the small things that matter

Swedish paediatrician Mårten shares the story of Bukar, a dedicated Nigerian nurse who survived conflict and returned to treat his community

21 Mar 2019 / 6 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: Heroes & Villains - part 1

Mark is a doctor from the UK. He's working at an MSF / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Liberia, a country where the health care system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. Today he introduces one of the heroes from the hospital...

22 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Dr Tor Deng

Doctor

A doctor comes home: "By joining MSF, I knew that I could help my community, and that I could save lives"

Dr Tor Deng is a general practitioner working for MSF in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan. After graduating from medical school in Khartoum, he decided to return to Abyei, his home region. He shares some of the challenges and successes of the HIV/TB programme run by MSF in Agok Hospital.

13 Jul 2017 / 5 minute read

Lexie Cole

Field Administration

Dispatch from the Field: Bria’s Doctors

Meet the amazing doctors caring for patients in Bria, in the Central African Republic

18 Mar 2016 / 5 minute read

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