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
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
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
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
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...