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I first heard about Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a child. I was seven and, at that very moment, impressed by the selflessness of the French doctors risking their lives to save the refugees streaming across the Afghan border into Pakistan, I decided to become a surgeon. As fate would have it, 21 years after … Read more
Last June riots erupted in Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands more. MSF teams provided medical care and assistance to many of the injured. xxxxxxxxxxxx helped one young man who escaped death by leaping from a sixth floor window During my mission in Osh, I was called to see … Read more
The first time I heard about MSF was on 26 May 2009, when Dr Shanti Hegde, an experienced MSF volunteer from Karnataka, came to my institute, along with Farhat Mantoo from the human resources office, to give a presentation about MSF’s activities. I was very much impressed by MSF’s principles, values and medical humanitarian work. … Read more
Francis Gatluak was one of the first people MSF ever treated for kala azar, a neglected disease also known as visceral leishmaniasis. When Francis became better, he stayed at the hospital and began working with MSF, first as a translator, and then he began to learn how to provide treatment. This video was screened at … Read more
A lot of expectations and excitement, starting right from the Preparation for Primary Departure (or PPD) training course: who is going where, through chitchats and Facebook; anticipating that next it will be my turn; being proposed for the Central African Republic (my French is not up to the mark!), Papua New Guinea and finally landing … Read more
I worked with MSF (Médecins sans Frontières) at the Masisi referral hospital in North-Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the duration of my mission was short, my experience was professionally and culturally enriching. I also made a lot of good friends. Masisi is a town and administrative district in the North-Kivu Province. … Read more
MY FIRST MISSION WITH MSF Introduction My name is Kalyan Velivala. Let me tell you a bit about how I came to know about MSF. I had been working in India in the field of Internal medicine and in ICU’s .My family wanted me to pursue a specialization .Therefore I applied for a ‘Masters in … Read more
©MSF I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nigeria from January 2010 till October 2010 as a supply logistician. I am very proud that my first mission as an international staff was in Nigeria, which was where a group of French doctors came up with the idea of creating MSF. It all happened during … Read more
“I think the surgeries and rehabilitating patients with vesicovaginal fistula was one of the greatest contributions MSF made to the people of Nigeria.” I worked at Jahun, a place in Jigawa state in Nigeria on my first assignment with MSF. This was my first work experience in Africa. Before MSF I have been working in … Read more
“I think the surgeries and rehabilitation patients with vesicovaginal fistula was one of the greatest contributions MSF made to the people of Nigeria.” I worked at Jahun, a place in Jigawa state in Nigeria on my first assignment with MSF. This was my first work experience in Africa. Before MSF I have been working in … Read more