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
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
Tales of Women at Sea
The experiences recounted by these four survivors are sadly common among the women and men rescued by the Geo Barents, the Doctors Without Borders / M...
Mediterranean Migration
Search and Rescue
Refugees
Mozambique
Mozambique: Containing cholera cases after surge in country’s north
Since September 2022, Mozambique has been registering a worrying increase in the number of cholera cases, particularly in the northern province of Nia...
Cholera
Philippines
Follow where your heart leads
Dr. Francisco Raul Salvador is one of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) seasoned field workers. He was in Marawi as the medical...
War and conflict
Uganda
How to work in an Ebola Treatment Center in Uganda? Interview with Ruggero Giuliani, Italian doctor
Ruggero Giuliani is an Italian doctor who works with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)in the Ebola Treatment Centre in Mubende,...
Ebola
South Sudan
My life as a female flight coordinator
Many of the areas where Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works are barely accessible by road. The rainy season can bring treac...
South Africa
South Africa: Music – medicine a doctor can't prescribe
In Durban, South Africa, following devastating floods in April 2022, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'mental health team has b...
Natural disasters
Mental health
Afghanistan
From tech start-ups to conflict zones: My journey to becoming an Doctors Without Borders project coordinator
Sarah was project coordinator at Doctors Without Borders’s Boost Hospital in the city of Lashkar Gar, Afghanistan. Here she shares her story.
