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Logistics

To save lives in a crisis, our teams need the right supplies and equipment. They need vehicles to get them where they need to be, power to keep the lights on, and hospitals and clinic buildings that can ensure our patients get the best possible care in often challenging circumstances.

Logistics is the practical support our medics need: from supply to transport, security to construction. In a humanitarian emergency, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) logistics teams make sure we can respond quickly and effectively.

Karla Claus (centre) with her fellow female logistics supervisors, Marine Leloup and Mariam Mahgoub
MSF logistician Karla Claus
Karla Claus
Logistician
Meet the women doing "men's work"
Logistics is at the heart of MSF’s lifesaving work, ensuring our medical teams can respond quickly and effectively to any emergency. But, while MSF strives for gender equality, logistics is a male-dominated field. Breaking the mould, Belgian logistician Karla introduces us to three women making their mark in South Sudan.
12 Feb 2020 / 5 minute read
The People's Postcode Lottery team at Kenya Logbase
Abi Betts
Abigail Betts
Kenya: Logistics in action with People's Postcode Lottery
Our logistics teams ensure we can respond quickly and effectively to an emergency by providing medical staff with the right supplies and equipment. But they wouldn't be able to do this without our supporters, who keep our warehouses are well stocked and ready. Major gifts manager Abi travels to Kenya to show People's Postcode Lottery MSF logistics in action...
24 Dec 2019 / 6 minute read
View from the front seat of Dan's MSF land cruiser
Daniel Campbell
Daniel Campbell
Logistician
Before the next rain comes: mapping a race against time in South Sudan
With two patients desperately in need of medical care, logistician Daniel and his team must get them airlifted to hospital before extreme weather makes the journey impossible. He shares the story…
02 Nov 2019 / 5 minute read
Samy Gerges working as an MSF supply chain manager in DRC
Samy Gerges - MSF
Samy Gerges
Logistician
“I will carry the memories I made in the Congo for life”
Lebanese logistician Samy returns from the Democratic Republic of Congo after a perspective-changing assignment...
30 May 2019 / 5 minute read
Flavien Mercier
Flavien Mercier
Logistician
Pakistan: Remote management, team structure and training
Flavien is a log admin from France, currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Pakistan. After five months of “remote management” from a base in Islamabad, he is about to travel to his project in the town of Chaman, on the border with Afghanistan. In this blog post, he compares some aspects of his second assignment with his first one.
02 Jan 2019 / 7 minute read
The MSF team poses by a small plane
Antoine Clogne
Logistician
Logistics: Busy weeks in Bossangoa
How do our teams make sure they have everything they need to save lives? Supply logistician Antoine takes us behind the scenes in the Central African Republic.
22 Oct 2018 / 4 minute read
The plane taking off from Bossangoa
Antoine Clogne
Logistician
Landing an airplane in Bossangoa
Antoine has recently arrived in the Central African Republic, where his role is to ensure that the project has the vital supplies it needs to function. Recently however, he's been taking on some additional responsibilities...
20 Sep 2018 / 3 minute read
An MSF land cruiser and quad bike in South Sudan
Alexandra Schuster MSF
Alexandra Schuster
Logistician
My life as a flying mechanic in South Sudan
Alexandra Schuster works as a “flying mechanic” in South Sudan, travelling across the country to provide the urgent technical support that can keep a remote medical project running. In this blog, she shares her thoughts on her first ever mission with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
30 Aug 2018 / 4 minute read
Zeeshan and the team in Indonesia
Zeeshan Danish
Logistician
“It tests your flexibility”: Training MSF logistics teams around the world
Zeeshan is a deputy logistics coordinator from Malakand in Pakistan. He works to supply resources to vital humanitarian projects run by Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) across the country. In this blog, he shares his love of going on “detachment” with MSF, training teams in other projects around the world.
16 Aug 2018 / 4 minute read
MSF vehicles travelling through the mud in DRC
Pol Heredero
Pol Heredero
Logistician
Logistics: “In DRC nothing is constant”
"The one thing I knew about DRC was that it would be a challenge."
28 Jun 2018 / 3 minute read
Holger Hornauf
Logistician
Getting creative: Building a new generator from several broken ones
Holger Harnauf is a qualified car mechanic. In 2016 he spent six months on his first posting with MSF/Doctors Without Borders in the Central African Republic. One year later he’s back in Bangui and is blogging about his experiences...
17 Dec 2017 / 2 minute read
Holger Hornauf
Logistician
My first week in Bangui: A warm welcome!
Holger Hornauf is a trained auto mechanic and in 2016 he went on his first assignment with MSF / Doctors Without Borders in the Central African Republic. One year later he’s back in Bangui as our workshop manager and is blogging about his experiences...
07 Dec 2017 / 3 minute read

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