Armed violence plagues areas of Haiti’s capital city. When a little girl is shot, her family and the MSF team must race to save her life. Surgeon Federica Iezzi shares the story…
Three times a year, a team of surgical experts gather in the Nigerian city of Sokoto. They're there to perform life-changing operations for people affected by noma, a gangrenous disease which affects the face and jaw. Dr Muhammad Lawal Abubakar is part of the team...
It's night-time and anaesthetist Kariantti has been called into MSF's trauma hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi, to help treat a badly injured man who is bleeding heavily. The team must act fast to find the source, stop the bleeding and save the patient's life...
When a seriously injured man is brought to MSF's trauma centre in Bujumbura, Burundi, anaesthetist Kariantti and the medical team do everything they can to try to save his life. But, with limited resources, their options are running out...
After a patient makes an astonishing recovery, Finnish surgeon Heidi reflects on the wider problem of providing medical care in places where resources are limited
Noma is an overlooked but dangerous disease that can leave often young patients disfigured. Hafiz, a surgeon from India, shares his experience of providing life-changing reconstructive surgery in Nigeria...
"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..."
Jennifer Tong, an Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) surgeon from Hong Kong, shares the story of Sunny Boy – a young Palestinian she helped recover from a gunshot wound.
Martin Kašpar is a Czech surgeon currently on his first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the city of al Qayyarah, Iraq. In this blog, he writes about his dramatic first day, treating young patients involved in tragic incidents.
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...
