Blood and community: How health promotion is saving lives in Nigeria
Medical teams in Ngala were facing a major shortage of blood donors, with serious consequences. Health promoter Dogara Yohana explains how his team se...
Health promotion
Sudan
Sudan: Putting refugees on the map
When it comes to reaching vulnerable people in a crisis, our teams rely on accurate, up-to-date maps. However these can be hard to come by. Mapping sp...
Refugees
Afghanistan
Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on 8 August. During the clashes, Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (...
Surgery and trauma care
War and conflict
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: “Treating patients is our responsibility. There’s a lot of work on our shoulders.”
After months of fighting on the outskirts of Herat in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also known as the Taliban, took control of the ...
War and conflict
Cambodia
Love Without Frontiers
Yoeuth Yoeun is visibly shaken by her memories. Her husband, Chamroeun Ros, is sitting next to her in their family home in Banteay Meanchey province, ...
Refugees
Bangladesh
Opinion: We Rohingya refugees could simply become invisible
The longer we stay in Bangladesh, the likelier our plight will slip from the international agenda.
Rohingya refugee crisis
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Uncertainty, but still full hospitals
After the rapid transfer of power in Afghanistan there has been a big shift in the health context. Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (...
War and conflict
Afghanistan
OpEd: Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not, we always have
On Sunday, August 15, after months of intense fighting, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, also known as the Taliban) entered the capital city o...
War and conflict
Haiti
Haiti: After the earthquake, a surgical team works nonstop
Xavier Kernizan is an orthopedic surgeon who normally works at Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s Tabarre hospital in Port-au-P...