With war raging and the economy in collapse, people in Yemen are facing increasingly impossible decisions. As she and the team race to save a tiny patient, Dr Georgina Woolveridge meets one of them...
"We heard a lot of stories over the two days we were at the hospital; patients from Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Yemen, young and old, war-wounded people who have been through more than I could have ever imagined..."
Czech administrator Dagmar shares the story of Ammar, an Iraqi teammate she met while working in Baghdad on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
After six months in Daquq, Iraq, working in an area that was recently re-taken from the Islamic State group, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Anna writes a final blog post...
Anna is working for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Iraq. Today she blogs about the challenges of helping people get the medical treatment they need in an area still feeling the impact of years of war...
Anna recently returned from her second posting with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). She's been writing about her experiences in Kirkuk, Iraq, where she's been working with communities affected by the ongoing conflict...
Orthopaedic surgeon Mukul Singhal recently returned from Jordan, where MSF provides medical and psychological care to war-wounded patients from Syria. He tells the story of an inspiring young patient and her family...
This is no time to take a breather, writes Dr Georgie Woolveridge, who is busy setting up an advanced medical post for Médecins Sans Frontières in Tikrit, Iraq.
In conflict zones, our teams need to be able to move fast, providing life-saving surgery to people wounded in fighting or explosions. But setting up an operating theatre takes time, and maintaining sterile conditions can be challenging. Logistics manager Piotr blogs about developing a new approach…
