Dr Rebekka Troller, Colorectal Robotic Fellow and Emergency and General Surgery Consultant at Medway Hospital NHS, is one of our talented trainers. Here Dr Troller shares her journey into humanitarian work and her transition from student to teacher. From student to teacher I first met David at St Mary’s Hospital in 2019. I was the […]
MSF Opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa Braces for COVID-19. Cape Town – In May, South Africa’s Health Minister warned that with the current infection rate, South Africa would surpass its hospital bed capacity, potentially by the end of June. “As COVID-19 continues to spread, the wards in Khayelitsha District Hospital have filled up […]
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Between war and fragile health systems, tackling Tuberculosis (TB) in Sudan and South Sudan, MSF share a series of testimonials from some of their patients and medical staff in the region. Years of war and a fragile health system have left many people without access to treatment for chronic infectious diseases such as TB in […]
Myriam Abdel Basit is an Irish cultural mediator who has spent seven months with MSF in Lesbos in Greece this year. Working alongside a psychologist, she met countless displaced children in Moria camp, which houses more than 7,500 refugees in a space meant for 3,100. After fleeing violence, war, persecution or poverty, people crossed the […]
On International Nurses Day, (May 12th) MSF celebrates the work, dedication and passion of its 8,843 nurses saving lives around the world. “Being a nurse brings out the humanity in you”. These are the words of Philomena Obiefuna, a Nigerian nurse caring for malnourished children in the country’s conflict-ridden Borno state. A sense of our […]
In celebration of International Day of The Midwife we hear from Cristina Ceroli, a midwife for MSF, who talks about her experiences working in the field. My name is Cristina and I am a midwife originally from Italy. After working for almost five years in the NHS, I joined Doctors without Borders (MSF) and I am […]
Yesterday was bittersweet, as I discharged my favourite patient from the MSF facility in Bangladesh where I have been working. She is 8 years old, and in many ways, she is one of the lucky ones. Having managed to escape Myanmar with her whole family, everyone made it across the border into Bangladesh and into […]
Kirsti is a midwife from the USA. She is currently working for MSF / Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan, where she’s helping to ensure women have a safe place to give birth. My “sister,” Nyapaul, motioned for me to press on her hips in order to alleviate some of the pain from her contraction. […]
Mike Thomson is a doctor from the UK, currently working in Irbid, Jordan, at a Medecins Sans Frontieres project which focuses on refugee health for those with chronic illnesses. Here he blogs about taking up a new role, as the mental health lead for the project. ‘Mental health provision was not part of the original […]
People affected by fatal snakebites in sub-Saharan Africa are in desperate need of affordable, quality antivenoms. Snakebite envenoming permanently disables hundreds of thousands of people and kills more than 100,000 each year all across the globe – more than any other World Health Organization (WHO)-designated neglected tropical disease – even though highly effective treatments exist. […]