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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
    “It’s the lucky ones who reach us”: Inside Afghanistan’s child malnutrition crisis
    Afghanistan
    “It’s the lucky ones who reach us”: Inside Afghanistan’s child malnutrition crisis
    Dr Mohammed is a Doctors Without Borders' medic who works at an Doctors Without Borders' hospital in Lashkar Gah, where hundreds of mothers and childr...
    Malnutrition
    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
    Blood and community: How health promotion is saving lives in Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Blood and community: How health promotion is saving lives in Nigeria
    Medical teams in Ngala were facing a major shortage of blood donors, with serious consequences. Health promoter Dogara Yohana explains how his team se...
    Health promotion
    Sudan: Putting refugees on the map
    Sudan
    Sudan: Putting refugees on the map
    When it comes to reaching vulnerable people in a crisis, our teams rely on accurate, up-to-date maps. However these can be hard to come by. Mapping sp...
    Refugees
    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