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    Yemen: A surgeon from Hong Kong in a war trauma surgery hospital
    Yemen
    Yemen: A surgeon from Hong Kong in a war trauma surgery hospital
    Mocha is an ancient port city on the Red Sea. It’s near the conflict front line, so around 80% of our surgery cases are trauma related, such as gunsho...
    War and conflict
    DRC: Insecurity leaves people deprived of basic medical care in Ituri
    DR Congo
    DRC: Insecurity leaves people deprived of basic medical care in Ituri
    On 28 October, unknown attackers targeted a Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy leaving two aid workers injured on the roa...
    War and conflict
    In Nigeria, COVID-19 is not the only epidemic
    Nigeria
    In Nigeria, COVID-19 is not the only epidemic
    As a nurse, I have worked in many different places. From an emergency room in Marikina City, in the Philippines, I have worked in Libya, Qatar and Pap...
    War and conflict
    Cholera
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Malnutrition
    Yemen: It’s not always a bullet that kills people
    Yemen
    Yemen: It’s not always a bullet that kills people
    Monica Costeira is a pediatrician at the neonatal unit of Al-Qanawis mother and child hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in Hodeidah, Yemen...
    Maternal health
    War and conflict
    Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
    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: “Treating patients is our responsibility. There’s a lot of work on our shoulders.”
    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
    Afghanistan: Uncertainty, but still full hospitals
    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
    OpEd: Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not, we always have
    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
    South Sudan: A record of the consequences of violence since independence
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: A record of the consequences of violence since independence
    On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its tenth birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first dec...
    War and conflict