Round-ups

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Round-ups

Our monthly pick of the blogs that moved us, inspired us or made us smile, written by staff and patients from Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s work around the world.

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About 8,000 people live in the overcrowded Vathy refugee camp on the island of Samos, which was built to accommodate only 650 people

Blogs Team

Five eye-opening blogs from Doctors Without Borders - March 2020

COVID-19, Ebola, detention in Libya, the Greek refugee crisis - our teams are responding to humanitarian healthcare crises across the world. Hear from our staff working both on the ground and behind the scenes in this collection of eye-opening blogs.

25 Mar 2020 / 6 minute read

Karla Claus (top right) with the Maban logistics team in South Sudan

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Five inspiring blogs from Doctors Without Borders - February 2020

From a nurse on a search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean, to a team of logistics specialists ensuring the smooth running of operations in South Sudan, here are five inspiring eye-witness stories from our staff around the world.

26 Feb 2020 / 5 minute read

Two-year-old Mohammed was brought to Sokoto hospital after wounds caused by noma made it too difficult for him to eat

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Four moving blogs from Doctors Without Borders - January 2020

From an intensive care ward in South Sudan, to a hospital helping children recover from a little-known but devastating disease, read these powerful stories from our work around the world

31 Jan 2020 / 5 minute read

MSF health promoter and South Sudanese refugee, Joshua Salah Mustafa (left), raises awareness about medical issues, including the measles epidemic, in Biringi, Ituri Province

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Five blogs from some of the crises tackled by Doctors Without Borders - December 2019

Floods, conflict, measles and climate change. From Ukraine to Somalia, here are five stories from December that show our work around the world.

31 Dec 2019 / 6 minute read

Eleven incredible eye-witness stories that inspired us in 2019

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Eleven incredible eyewitness stories that inspired us in 2019

From noma to natural disasters, mental health to malnutrition, our staff were on the frontline of humanitarian healthcare in 2019. Here, we share some of their most extraordinary experiences to bring you closer to the action and the people we work tirelessly to help.

17 Dec 2019 / 11 minute read

A little boy on board the Ocean Viking, rescued with his mum and newborn sister from a wooden boat in distress

Blogs Team

Five stories that take you behind the scenes with Doctors Without Borders - November 2019

From the rough seas of the Central Mediterranean to the dusty plains of Niger, our teams go wherever they are needed most. As well as providing vital medical aid, they also bear witness, sharing their stories to show you what's really happening on the ground.

02 Dec 2019 / 6 minute read

Blogs Team

Four stories that take you inside life with Doctors Without Borders - October 2019

In crises around the world, our teams are working together to save lives. This month, we meet four of them. From Nigeria to South Sudan, they share their stories to bring you closer to life in the team...

31 Oct 2019 / 4 minute read

Blogs Team

These 5 personal stories from Doctors Without Borders show why mental health care is key to our work

Read some of the most moving and meaningful mental health stories from our frontline staff – caring for their patients’ psychological wellbeing in projects around the world.

01 Oct 2019 / 5 minute read

the msf team take the beach to reach a remote community in Papua New Guinea

Blogs Team

Five eye-witness stories from Doctors Without Borders - September 2019

From the Ebola crisis in the Congo to the remote corners of Papua New Guinea, our teams are working to save lives. On our blog they share what they're seeing, in order to bring you closer to crises that can feel very far away...

01 Oct 2019 / 5 minute read

Blogs Team

Four great blogs from Doctors Without Borders - August 2019

From the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh to a search and rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean, here are four great blogs from our work around the world this month...

31 Aug 2019 / 4 minute read

Blogs Team

These 7 personal posts from Doctors Without Borders will take you inside the Rohingya Crisis

In August 2017, unprecedented numbers of people began to cross the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh. They were Rohingya - a persecuted minority in Myanmar - and they were fleeing killings, house burnings and targeted attacks. Over 900,000 of them made the journey, and two years later they remain stuck in the world's largest refugee camp, unable to build new lives and equally unable to return home.

23 Aug 2019 / 6 minute read

Blogs Team

Four moving blogs from Doctors Without Borders - July 2019

From an emergency room in Yemen to the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, here are four moving blogs from our work around the world this month...

31 Jul 2019 / 3 minute read

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