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Rachel Lister

Stories From Patients & Staff

Yemen: “The weight of suffering will stay with me for a long time”

16 Sep 2020
Yemen

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, the danger of patients waiting too long to seek treatment is all too clear to MSF staff responding to the crisis.

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Yemen: “With or without COVID-19, the challenges here are endless.”

31 Jul 2020
Yemen

Dr Khairil Musa, an intensive care doctor from Sydney, reflects on his time working with MSF in Aden, Yemen

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Malawi: Building up a comprehensive cervical cancer project

30 Jul 2020
Malawi

Nicholas Menner, an electrician from Goolwa, South Australia, worked with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Malawi in mid-2019.

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Vanessa Cramond

Stories From Patients & Staff

Emergency Medical Coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières

30 Jul 2020

Aucklander Vanessa Cramond’s work with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has taken her from Zimbabwe, to Sudan, Syria and the Amsterdam Emergency Support Desk over more than 12 years.

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COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Healthcare during a pandemic

08 Jul 2020
Bangladesh

Across Bangladesh, the number of people suffering from COVID-19 has climbed persistently since March, with more than 149,000 cases reported. 

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COVID-19 Patient Story: “There is no home remedy for coronavirus.”

08 Jul 2020
Afghanistan

Mohammad Hashim was the first patient at MSF’s newly opened COVID-19 treatment centre in Gazer Gah hospital in Herat, western Afghanistan.

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Sue Mitchell

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Seven years in lockdown: the mental health impacts of offshore detention

08 Jul 2020
Papua New Guinea, Nauru

The mental health effects of self-isolation and restricted movement have been widely discussed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But what if that isolation was not self-imposed—and there was no end in sight?

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Laura Latina

Stories From Patients & Staff

COVID-19: Keeping our doors open for women and girls during the coronavirus pandemic

30 Jun 2020
AFRICA, ASIA

With the COVID-19 virus only recently emerging, there is limited evidence to tell the story of how women and girls are affected. But what is already known is the life-threatening impact on women and girls when essential sexual and reproductive health services are compromised or denied during a la

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Dasht-e-Barchi: can it ever be a safe place again?

15 Jun 2020
Afghanistan

It has been one month since the attack on the maternity wing in Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital. Here, Melbourne-based Dr Katherine Franklin reflects on how the tragic event conflicts with memories of her time working in the project in 2016. 

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Afghanistan: "They came to kill the mothers"

15 May 2020
Afghanistan

In the days following the attack to Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, it has become clear that what happened in Kabul on 12 May was a deliberate assault on a maternity hospital with the purpose of killing mothers in cold blood.

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