Three times a year, a group of surgical experts gather in the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto. Their aim is to perform life-changing operations for p...
Surgery and trauma care
Palestine
Gaza: Burn injuries are a chronic health problem
In the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, four physiotherapists get ready for a busy da...
Surgery and trauma care
Palestine
Trauma in Gaza: “Nothing can prepare you for this”
The last six months have been the most difficult I have experienced in my 15 years with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. And that’s compared to the wa...
Surgery and trauma care
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
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...
