Paediatrics

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Paediatrics

Children are often the most vulnerable group in a humanitarian crisis. Depending on the need, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides both physical and mental health care to children and their families.

Paediatrics in our projects can mean everything from neonatal care giving babies the best start in life, through to intensive therapeutic feeding centres for malnourished children.

Some of the most common issues faced by our young patients include malaria, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, tropical diseases, and physical and psychological trauma sustained in conflict zones.

Jenny Dörnemann

Paediatrician

Putting the puzzle together in Sierra Leone

"Step by step... we are putting the parts together in such a way that in future, fewer children will die in Sierra Leone."

07 Mar 2019 / 5 minute read

Harriet Zych

Nurse

A neonatal experience in Gambela, Ethiopia

Just one month ago, Harriet began her first posting with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). She is working at a busy hospital in Ethiopia, where she is working to ensure that very young babies have the best possible start in life. She blogs about her own first 28 days…

29 Oct 2018 / 6 minute read

Annke Yssel

Nurse

Nursing in Pakistan: The Tiny Babies and the Elephant Foot Bread

Annke blogs at the end of a tough day on the ward in Pakistan

29 Mar 2018 / 4 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: New Developments

Mark blogs from the paediatric ward in Liberia, about changes - good and bad - that the new year has brought...

20 Feb 2018 / 3 minute read

Betina Austin

Nurse

Afghanistan: Imagining a Different Perspective

Betina is a neonatal nurse, who has recently finished her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Afghanistan…

02 Feb 2018 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: A time of change

Mark is a doctor from the UK, currently working at an MSF hospital in Liberia, a country where the health system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. In this post Mark tells us about the changing seasons and his work to change how new mothers seek medical assistance.

05 Jan 2018 / 3 minute read

Mårten Larsson

Doctor

A Paediatrician in Guinea-Bissau: What you leave behind

Mårten, a paediatrician from Sweden, has recently finished his first posting with MSF / Doctors Without Borders in Guinea-Bissau, a small country on the west coast of Africa. Today he blogs about coming home, and the things you leave behind…

19 Dec 2017 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: Heroes & Villains - part 2

Mark is a doctor from the UK, currently working at an MSF / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Liberia, a country where the health system is still recovering from the 2014 ebola outbreak. In his last post, Mark wrote about one of his heroes at the project. Today, he writes about one of the 'villains'...

29 Nov 2017 / 3 minute read

Women and children on the neonatal ward in Guinea-Bissau

Mårten Larsson

Doctor

A paediatrician in Guinea-Bissau: To accept what I cannot understand

Our international staff are often working far from home, with people and environments that are very different from their own. Here Mårten, a paediatrician from Sweden, blogs about a baby and his mum, and why a shared understanding can be just as vital as access to medical care...

14 Nov 2017 / 4 minute read

Roslyn Brooks

Doctor

A letter from Lankien, South Sudan

Doctor Roslyn Brooks is in South Sudan, working at a hospital in Lankien, an area which has been badly affected by the ongoing conflict in the country...

09 Nov 2017 / 5 minute read

Mårten Larsson

Doctor

A paediatrician in Guinea-Bissau: Fatumata's lungs

Mårten is in the West African country of Guinea Bissau, where he's working in the paediatrics department of an MSF-supported hospital. He blogs about a little girl who arrived on the ward with a persistent fever and trouble breathing...

31 Oct 2017 / 3 minute read

Mark Lee

Doctor

Liberia: First Impressions

Paediatrician Mark is working at the MSF children's hospital in Liberia, providing care in a country where the health system was devastated by the 2014 ebola outbreak.

17 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read