Helping Each Other: Stories of solidarity after Nyiragongo eruption
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted on 22 May, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dis...
Natural disasters
South Sudan
A chain of women surrounded us, spreading their clothes wide to keep us out of sight
In Boma county, South Sudan, living conditions were tough and the work was challenging, but these were more than made up for by moments of deep connec...
Health promotion
Yemen
Insha'allah: How I Find Hope on a Maternity Ward in Yemen
Obstetrician Sabrina shares the heartbreak and hope experienced by mothers and staff on a maternity ward in the city of Taiz, Yemen.
Maternal health
Child health
Women’s health
War and conflict
India
COVID-19 in India: "We're working to protect our community"
Mumbai is still seeing more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day.People are scared and many of them prefer not to get tested even though they ha...
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
Health promotion
Yemen
Yemen: The struggle to access antenatal care in Al Qanawis
Like most other women in her village, Fatima, 17, had no access to antenatal care during her pregnancy. She recently gave birth to her second child in...
Maternal health
Women’s health
War and conflict
Papua New Guinea
COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea: Supporting self-isolating patients with phone counselling
As the coronavirus pandemic rapidly sweeps across Papua New Guinea (PNG), it is inducing a considerable degree of fear and concern in the population a...
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders office in Yangon becomes makeshift clinic amid Myanmar's collapsing health system
The violence and intimidation committed by security forces in Myanmar is creating a climate of fear and disrupting HIV patients' access to life-saving...
War and conflict
HIV/AIDS
Palestine
Gaza: “Night and day, what we are living through is terrifying”
The fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups, principally Hamas, broke out once again after weeks of tensions in occupied Ea...
War and conflict
Madagascar
Famine crisis looms in southern Madagascar
An immediate and massive increase in food aid is urgently needed for people in southern Madagascar, says international medical organisation Doctors Wi...
