Name : Designation : Australian Robert Onus is the field coordinator for the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project in Abu Ghraib, Bagdad. As the conflict in Iraq rages on he describes the situation facing the Iraqi people and the program of MSF to address the medical needs of the displaced population … Read more
Name : Designation : Wtitten by Federica Zamatto, MSF Medical Coordinator for Migration Programmes Everything has now changed on the Greek island of Lesbos which last year saw well over half a million refugees and migrants take their first steps on European soil. During the chaos of last summer, 15,000 people were stranded on the … Read more
Name : Designation : Dr. Kathleen Thomas is an intensive care doctor from Australia who was on her first mission in MSF’s Kunduz Trauma Centre in Afghanistan from May 2015 until the US airstrikes on 3 October. Here she describes a typical day in the hospital and the events that unfolded during the week of … Read more
Name : Designation : Dr Evangeline Cua is a surgeon from the Philippines in MSF’s Kunduz Trauma Centre in Afghanistan when U.S. airstrikes destroyed the hospital on 3 October. Here she shares her story of surviving that horrific night. PART 1 It happened again last night. We were like two headless chickens running … Read more
Name : Designation : Since 2006, MSF has been providing ambulatory medical and psychosocial care for people in Mumbai living with DRTB, HIV, hepatitis C or a combination of these diseases. The majority of the patients are HIV positive who require second or third line treatment. Narendra (name changed for anonymity) is one of only … Read more
Name : Designation : Dr Muhammad Khawar Aslam, medical doctor for Médecins Sans Frontières in Karachi. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started its programme focusing on Hepatitis C in Karachi in April 2015. Pakistan has the second highest prevalence of Hepatitis C in the world, up to 5 percent, just after Egypt. … Read more
Name : Designation : Although he is wearing a mask, you can see the hopeful smile in Danish’s eyes when he enters the Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Since 2006 MSF has been providing free-of-cost, specialised healthcare to people living with HIV, drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB), hepatitis B … Read more
Name : Designation : Many civilians continue to live in Saada, northern Yemen, despite almost daily airstrikes in the area. Michael Seawright from Auckland, New Zealand, was recently Project Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) projects in the war-torn region. He talks about his experience in this letter. “I’ve worked … Read more
Name : Designation : Anitha Muthusami, a surgeon, went to Lankien in South Sudan in 2015 for her first assignment with MSF. Here, she tells the amazing story of an 11-year-old gunshot victim and her resilience. Nyawal Lou. Her name means “to be alive”. What a wonderful child! At a wedding someone fired a gun, … Read more
Name : Designation : This article first appeared in Express Healthcare Dr Kalyan Krishna Velivela, Medical Coordinator, MSF specialises in TB, especially drug resistant TB and has recently returned from Uzbekistan which is one of the many countries in Asia with a high burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB). In an email interview with Viveka Roychowdhury, … Read more