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"I’m an MSF pharmacist and together, we save lives!"

A young boy is in a critical condition. He'll need life-saving medication, possibly for months. But in this remote location, securing medicines is no easy matter. Lamya blogs from South Sudan...

26 May 2020 / 4 minute read

Alexander Nyman

Doctor

Tetanus, monkeypox, and baby news...

Alexander is a doctor from Sweden. He's currently working for MSF / Doctors Without Borders in the Central African Republic, a country where the health system has been badly affected by years of armed violence. Today, we meet some of his patients from the children's ward...

15 Nov 2017 / 4 minute read

Ian Cross

Doctor

Bangladesh: Love is all you need

Since August 2017, over 500,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have crossed the border to escape violence there. Ian Cross is a doctor working with Doctor Without Borders / MSF in a health clinic treating refugees. He shares the story of a very special patient...

23 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read

Sahar Iftikhar

Doctor

“Baby Shahida taught me to understand the ‘good’ in ‘goodbyes’”

Dr Sahar Iftikhar is a medical doctor working in the MSF neonatal clinic in the city of Dera Murad Jamali, in the north of Pakistan. In Pakistan women and children in particular suffer from the lack of access to healthcare and there is an overwhelming need for neonatal care. Here she blogs about treating one inspiring baby girl ...

24 May 2016 / 4 minute read

Johanna Bosowski

Nurse

A patient clearly as stubborn as I am

Johanna is managing the newborn ward in our hospital in Agok. She shares the story of a young patient with a strong spirit...

29 Apr 2016 / 13 minute read

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