Blogs & Stories
Oct 10, 2020
MSF psychologist Sara Tannouri looks back at the blast which devastated her home city of Beirut two months ago and its impact on people’s mental wellbeing, including her own. 4 August 2020 at 6:08 pm. I was just about to leave my house for the...
Oct 06, 2020
The heavy clashes that erupted in and around Lashkar Gah city on 11 October so far show no signs of abating. The main trauma hospital for war-wounded, run by another medical organisation, remains under pressure. MSF supports the nearby Boost...
Sep 23, 2020
Felipe Reyes is a psychologist with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Mexico. He provides psychological first aid (PFA) through a psychological helpline to migrants and asylum seekers. Reyes tells the story of one of his...
Sep 15, 2020
With a COVID-19 lockdown in place, Seinn Seinn and the team have to find new ways to reach the community. But as she explains, necessity truly is "the mother of invention." Halfway into my first assignment with MSF, a pandemic broke out. As the...
Sep 07, 2020
Seinn Seinn Min is a health promoter with Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who has recently returned from a posting in Pakistan. She shares her experience… I am writing from Myanmar, inside the hotel room assigned to me for...