Rocío Simón Martínez, Nurse Activity Manager with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has just finished her second assignment in Gaza, where she was among the last international MSF staff to leave in late February 2026. Since
Aamina’s Story: “This is the first hospital I’ve ever been in” 60 years old | Patient at MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa When Aamina Cabdi arrived at Bay Regional Hospital, she was too weak to
By Suha Diab, Former MSF Humanitarian Affairs Manager in Sudan (first written on October 2025). In the summer of 2025, when Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) asked if I was interested in going back
By Shaheen BiBi, MSF Midwife Activity Manager, Bay Regional Hospital She was carried on a makeshift stretcher, the afternoon sun scorching the roof of our maternity ward as she was brought in. For two days,
An MSF-supported hospital in northern Nigeria is one of the few hospitals in the world where survivors of the neglected tropical disease that affects faces and mouths can access treatment. “I remember when I was
Around 1.5 billion people worldwide, nearly one fifth of the global population, require medical interventions for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) every year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 21 recognized NTDs, ranging
A testimony by Glykeria Koukouliata, mental health activity manager with MSF in Baalbek-Hermel In Baalbek-Hermel, one of Lebanon’s most underserved governorates and heavily impacted by the latest war and ongoing Israeli airstrikes, large communities of
Yahir*, a survivor of extreme violence in his home country and along the migration route, shares his story of reaching safety at the Comprehensive Care Center (CAI) of Médecins Sans Frontières in Mexico City. Driving
A Tanzanian Doctor on the Frontlines of Humanitarian Care- by Dr Goodluck Motta When I first stepped into Nduta Refugee Camp ten years ago, I thought I understood medicine. But nothing in my training prepared
I escaped war in 1996 and 2015, now finding purpose in every delivery and child’s smile. Ndayumvire Antoinette Nurse Aide at Nduta Refugee Camp, Tanzania I have spent most of my life as a refugee.
“My name is Asmaa Hussein Al-Taishi, Executive Director of the Sudanese Family Planning Association (SFPA) in El Geneina, West Darfur. Reproductive health services for women in El Geneina are very limited and not easily accessible.
Farzana’s Journey Farzana, 30, from Faryab province, northern Afghanistan, arrived at the MSF-supported Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Abo Ali Sina Hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province, with her four-month-old son, Umar. Their journey had been
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