Name : Sonu Kumar cured of kala azar © Nancy Barrett/MSF Designation : Sonu is like any other kid from his village in Raghopur (Vaishali district), Bihar. A bit intimidated when we met him, he was soon confident and showed us how fast he could run around the MSF car parked at the entrance of … Read more
Name : Frank Aalderinks Designation : In the MSF Mother and Child Health Centre in Bijapur town of Chhattisgarh, MSF doctors give medical check-up to the baby who was born pre-maturely. Copyright: P.K.Lee Lalita shares her room in the Mother and Child Health Centre (MCHC) in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, with two other mothers who have … Read more
Name : © Mario Travaini / MSF Designation : The story of a premature baby in Syria. “I was the only midwife on the day Sedra’s* mother came to MSF’s hospital in Syria,” says Amanda Godballe, a Danish midwife working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at one of its projects inside Syria. A … Read more
Name : Designation : In May this year Dr Zahid Shafi Ansari was in a remote region in Chad, Africa offering his services in a village where the reach of healthcare is limited. This is his experience on assignment with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). I spent a month on Chad’s fringes as a … Read more
Name : Designation : MSF doctor Ioanna Haziri listens to Orion’s lungs and breathing during her check-up of the little boy. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen As Orion, a 4-year old boy, runs happily around his family’s home near Vose in southern Tajikistan, his grandfather holds up a picture that shows what the boy looked … Read more
Name : Umeda at her aunt’s home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Designation : Umeda at her aunt’s home. Tajikistan © Wendy Marijnissen Umeda and her family live in Shariston, a town near Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. Her parents are looking for work in Russia while the five-year-old girl stays with her aunt for now. That same … Read more
Name : Designation : The state of South Sudan was born in 2011 after years of violence. As a medical coordinator, Dr Kalyan Velivela was at the forefront of planning the medical aid services of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) there next year. He talks about the situation in the country, its large public … Read more
Name : Designation : In the wake of Cyclone Aila, daily flooding in both Bangladesh and India prevents families like this one from rebuilding their homes and communities. © Bangladesh 2009 Veronique Terrasse/MSF Nearly two months after Cyclone Aila devastated East India and the coast of Bangladesh, the plight of survivors is no longer headline … Read more
Name : Designation : The willingness to serve people and the thrill of travelling motivated Satish Devkota to work with Doctors Without Border/ Médecins Sans Frontières. Chechnya in the Russian Federation was his second assignment; an unseen land for him with a familiar problem – tuberculosis. He shares his experience: I have watched the conflict … Read more
Name : Designation : Displaced people carry their belongings in Araria district, Bihar state © India 2008 Bjorn Nissen /MSF Hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced in northeastern India and neighboring Nepal after the worst flooding in 50 years. In the Indian state of Bihar, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing humanitarian … Read more