Name : Designation : Bengaluru-based anaesthetist Jyothi Jose went to north-west Nigeria to fight a disease many haven’t heard of. Here’s what she saw. Jyothi Jose As an anaesthetist, Jyothi Jose follows a simple rule: try not to get attached to patients or their stories. It’s a rule that’s served her well wherever she … Read more
Name : Designation : Covered in dust, four-year-old Ahmed* sits on his father`s lap outside the MSF hospital in west Mosul. The boy devours a biscuit that’s just been handed to him, covering his face in chocolate. For the moment, Ahmed seems distracted from the horrors he`s survived, including the death of his two brothers. … Read more
Name : Designation : Narcisse Wega Kwekam is the deputy emergency programme manager for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). He recently returned from Tanganyika province, an area where clashes between communities have forced large numbers of people to leave their homes. Many are subsequently living in informal settlements, and food remains a major concern. … Read more
Name : Designation : A testimony by Rene Colgo, deputy head of mission presently coordinating the MSF emergency response in Bangassou. We had known for weeks that they were getting closer… We were told they were 60 kilometres away. Then, two weeks ago, as we were on our weekly visit to the health centre of … Read more
Anaesthetist Deepa Kannadi went to South Sudan earlier this year for a short stint in an MSF hospital. Here’s her account of what it was like, in 5 images. 1. I had never travelled outside India, and I was going to a conflict zone for my first assignment. I had butterflies in my stomach. Many … Read more
Name : Designation : Imagine a world where a small finger prick can get fatally infected or an elective caesarean surgical wound fails to heal at all. One may immediately connect this with the pre-antibiotic era though some experts have warned this could be the not too distant future too. “It is not difficult … Read more
Name : Designation : The fighting continues in Libya, a country fragmented by a multitude of militias. In reality, Fayez el-Sarraj, who became Prime Minister over a year ago, governs only some areas in the west. He does not control the capital, where crime and violence committed by rival gangs and militias are widespread. Doctor … Read more
Name : Designation : Nigerian refugees in Cameroon are being forcibly returned to northeast Nigeria. In March 2017, three of them told MSF staff their stories. Mayara*, 35 years old, 16 March 2017 I am originally from a village, not too far from here, but fled to Kolofata in Cameroon more than one year … Read more
Name : Designation : Katie Treble, 31, is a doctor from the UK. She was working in the MSF hospital in Bria, Central African Republic, during the weekend of 24 to 26 March when heavy fighting occurred and MSF received 24 wounded people in three days. “The hospital’s small triage area was overwhelmed with patients, … Read more
Name : Designation : Two years after the conflict escalated, medical and humanitarian needs in the Arab country are huge and aid organisations have many problems providing assistance. Candelaria Lanusse (Buenos Aires, 1975), a nurse, is health adviser for Yemen at Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She has just returned from a … Read more