Blogs & Stories

Dr. Jennifer Tong Orthopaedic surgeon Hong Kong There is an 18-year-old boy whom I call ‘Sunny Boy’. He always comes to the Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza wearing the same black T-shirt printed with the words ‘Sunny Boy’. And his smile seems to...

Dr. Jennifer Tong Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hong Kong At 9 am on July 12, at the Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, the elevator doors opened on the third floor. A mother wearing a black veil rushed to the nurse station and asked to see her son Mohammed...

My name is Achmad Yusuf Toba, oftentimes just referred to as Yutub. I am an Indonesian medical doctor and a first-time field worker of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). I really didn’t know what to expect when I started. But, I was determined to...

It was the 7th of October, 9 days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake followed by a 6-meter high tsunami struck and paralyzed Central Sulawesi. “The death toll (in Central Sulawesi) has risen to 1,900 and climbing,” the TV blared at the Makassar...

Lucie Gueuning, from Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s Emergency Response Support Unit, writes about an innovative new project that will help our teams rapidly respond to reach those in need. When a disaster strikes, MSF...