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    Khost Maternity Hospital is Open 24/7 – we rest when we have the chance
    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
    Ode to My Parents
    Afghanistan
    Ode to My Parents
    Wong Poh Fei recounts breaking the news of her recruitment to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for a first assignment in Sierr...
    Maternal health
    Child health
    Breathe: The Story of Saleem
    Afghanistan
    Breathe: The Story of Saleem
    It was an unspoken understanding that a sick newborn’s life is fragile in this country and that the loss of a child is a common occurrence in many wom...
    Maternal health
    Child health
    "You Cannot Change The Circumstances, But You Can Change Yourself"
    Afghanistan
    "You Cannot Change The Circumstances, But You Can Change Yourself"
    At Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Khost Maternity Hospital (also known as the ‘baby factory’), where roughly 50 babies are b...
    Maternal health
    Child health
    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
    Insha'allah: How I Find Hope on a Maternity Ward in Yemen
    Yemen
    Insha'allah: How I Find Hope on a Maternity Ward in Yemen
    Obstetrician Sabrina shares the heartbreak and hope experienced by mothers and staff on a maternity ward in the city of Taiz, Yemen.
    Maternal health
    Child health
    Women’s health
    War and conflict
    Yemen: The struggle to access antenatal care in Al Qanawis
    Yemen
    Yemen: The struggle to access antenatal care in Al Qanawis
    Like most other women in her village, Fatima, 17, had no access to antenatal care during her pregnancy. She recently gave birth to her second child in...
    Maternal health
    Women’s health
    War and conflict
    Sudan: MSF condemns attack on ambulance taking pregnant woman to hospital
    Sudan
    Sudan: MSF condemns attack on ambulance taking pregnant woman to hospital
    In the early hours of Saturday 3 April, a clearly marked Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ambulance, travelling from Rokero to A...
    War and conflict
    Maternal health
    Joy in helping others
    Sierra Leone
    Joy in helping others
    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nurse Eliza Chang’s greatest joy in life comes from helping others.
    Maternal health