Doctors Without Borders

Sep 9, 2022

Pakistan: “We set up a mobile clinic in my flood-affected village”

An aid worker with Doctors Without Borders talks about losing her home in the floods and providing care in the aftermath — Monsoon rains have caused devastating flooding across Pakistan, leaving one-third of the country under water. Millions of people have lost their homes and are sleeping in makeshift shelters without access to clean drinking water or health care. Many health structures are damaged and non-functional. …

Pakistan

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Pakistan

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Apr 5, 2021

Myanmar: Hope and solidarity in the midst of crisis

Public health is already being hit hard. How can a medical humanitarian organization provide care and support amid political turmoil? — Francesca Quinto is Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières’ head of mission in Myanmar. This op-ed was original published in the Jakarta Post on March 23rd, 2021. The sweet fragrance of jasmine flowers strung across the rearview mirror of a taxi I was in offered the only sense of familiarity in…

Myanmar

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Myanmar

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Jul 2, 2020

Strong words and action needed to protect women’s lives during this pandemic

The awful reality is that more women and girls could die due to disruption of sexual and reproductive health services than to the coronavirus itself — By Avril Benoît, executive director for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières in the United States (MSF-USA) As world leaders attempt to tackle an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises, many of them deepened beyond imagination by the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is throwing its weight around on the global…

Womens Health

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Strong words and action needed to protect women’s lives during this pandemic

Womens Health

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Apr 13, 2020

COVID-19 Interrupts the Only Pediatric Surgery Care in Liberia

Dr. Neema Kaseje had just successfully performed a complex surgery on a very sick 5-month-old baby when she found out that the baby’s mother was a nurse in another ward of the hospital. …

Covid 19

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Covid 19

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Mar 24, 2020

I Survived Ebola. I Fear COVID-19

ER Doctor Craig Spencer is on the front lines in New York City to help slow down the spread of coronavirus — Dr. Craig Spencer is a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) board member and aid worker. He’s currently the Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. …

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus

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Jan 23, 2020

We will not be silent: Safe abortion care is health care

On the anniversary of the Global Gag Rule, we’re launching a free, open-source, evidence-based online course on medication abortion. An abortion with pills is simple, safe, and effective — even for those in the hardest to reach places. Dr. Manisha Kumar MD, MPH is a family medicine doctor and Head…

Womens Health

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We will not be silent: Safe abortion care is health care

Womens Health

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Dec 10, 2019

Why this Nobel Peace Prize speech from 1999 is as urgent as ever

Saving lives is not a crime — and speaking out is not political — Tell the world what’s happening to us. The request often comes after someone in crisis has poured out their story and opened up about how they and their children are suffering — once they have realized that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) can, and will, tell the world…

Doctors Without Borders

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Why this Nobel Peace Prize speech from 1999 is as urgent as ever

Doctors Without Borders

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Jul 18, 2019

My Destiny Brought Me Here

An Iraqi refugee rebuilds his life in Texas after surviving a suicide bombing — Qusay Hussein arrived at John F. Kennedy airport in New York City six years ago with no idea how to get where he was going. He had come a long way from his home in the remote desert city of Hatra, Iraq. He was traveling alone with a badge pinned…

Refugees

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Refugees

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May 5, 2019

Our Resolve to Live: Beneath the waters, you will find us

Despite personal tragedy, a nurse in Mozambique draws strength from treating cyclone survivors — A.* is a 26-year-old nurse working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Mozambique. She and her children survived Cyclone Idai, but her husband was killed. Despite the tragedy, she cares for patients in the most remote areas of Mozambique, in communities devastated by the effects of the cyclone…

World

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Our Resolve to Live: Beneath the waters, you will find us

World

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Mar 8, 2019

Women’s History Month: These are the Boss Ladies Speaking Out

Whether it’s advocating for safe abortion care and access to medicines, or condemning the bombing of hospitals, these women around the world are speaking out to empower others and protect patients. They will not be silent. — Meet just a few of these inspiring women we’re highlighting for Women’s History Month. “We will not leave patients behind. And we will not be silent. Seeking or providing health care must not be a death sentence… Make no mistake: we will relentlessly denounce attacks on health care. …

Women

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Women

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