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Security is quiet. Normal activities. The motivational words for the day, given by our obstetrician: “You cannot change the circumstances, the season or the weather, but you can change yourself.” The morning meeting; that’s how the day starts here...

12 hours flight to Amsterdam, 11 hours flight to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda then 7+ hours of car drive to Bukavu, one of the big cities at eastern Congo right next to the border. The initial plan for me is flying into Lulimba, Kimbi the project I...

This has been my 8 th mission with MSF and the destination is South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I will be there for three months mainly for the purpose of coaching the national doctors and upgrade their surgical skill. For me, it's a...

In the streets of Chaman, in Pakistan’s southern state of Baluchistan, women are not easy to find. When they are seen, it is accompanied by a male relative but protected from view by a full veil. More often than not they are at home, unable to leave...

Inside the Ebola treatment center, areas are strictly identified as high-risk, low risk and the outside which is with unknown risk. Only trained medical staff and supportive personnel are authorized to work inside the high-risk area. For every entry...