From 10th to 21st of May 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip killed 256 people, including 66 children. Around 2,000 Palestinians w...
War and conflict
Afghanistan
“We rushed her to the red zone”: Saving a young life in Afghanistan
On a very busy measles ward, a baby struggles to breathe. The team does not have access to a ventilator, but instead use a technique more commonly ass...
Measles
Child health
Afghanistan
Khost Maternity Hospital is Open 24/7 – we rest when we have the chance
Renny Anggia Julianti is an Indonesian Ob-Gynecologist. On her first mission in 2019, she was assigned in Khost maternity hospital, Afghanistan. And s...
Maternal health
Child health
Ukraine
Ukraine: Caring for the vulnerable people left behind by the war
Doctors Without Boders' Dr Natalie Roberts has just come back from Ukraine, where she witnessed the severe challenges facing some of the most vulnerab...
War and conflict
Ukraine
“You have a medical train? I have patients for you.”
On the morning of Friday 1 April, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) finalised the first transfer or patients using a medical tr...
War and conflict
Ukraine
Life under bombing in Mariupol: How long will this disaster continue?
A personal account from a long-time staff member of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from Mariupol, Ukraine. Sasha describes l...
War and conflict
Philippines
The Philippines: Medical and mental health needs continue after Typhoon Rai
From January to March 2022, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mounted an emergency response in Dinagat Island Province and the ...
Natural disasters
Ukraine
Ukraine: Urgent Humanitarian Race Against Time
Anja Wolz, Doctors Without Borders Emergency Coordinator currently based in Lviv, Ukraine, explains the urgency of this stage of the humanitarian resp...
War and conflict
Nigeria
Nursing in Nigeria: “The passion was just ignited in me"
An outbreak of Lassa Fever gave nurse Shirley Samson a passion for protecting her patients and colleagues. Since then, she’s worked through a pandemic...
