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
Haiti
Haiti: Maintaining health care amid extreme violence and uncertainty
The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last week brought global attention to the current political turmoil in Haiti, but the country had already...
War and conflict
Ukraine
TB survivors finding love and other cures in Ukraine
“I want to tell my story because I am alive”: Finding love and other cures in Ukraine
How a patient-centred approach to drug-resistant tuberculosis...
Tuberculosis (TB)
Liberia
Preventing another Ebola outbreak in Liberia
After an Ebola outbreak was declared in Guinea earlier this year, there was a need to increase epidemic surveillance and prepare for potential Ebola p...
Ebola
DR Congo
Helping Each Other: Stories of solidarity after Nyiragongo eruption
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted on 22 May, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dis...
Natural disasters
South Sudan
A chain of women surrounded us, spreading their clothes wide to keep us out of sight
In Boma county, South Sudan, living conditions were tough and the work was challenging, but these were more than made up for by moments of deep connec...
Health promotion
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
India
COVID-19 in India: "We're working to protect our community"
Mumbai is still seeing more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day.People are scared and many of them prefer not to get tested even though they ha...
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
Health promotion
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...
