Blogs & Stories
Apr 01, 2015
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...
Mar 27, 2015
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...
Mar 27, 2015
![MSF provides comprehensive emergency obstetric care, neonatal nursery, paediatric and gynaecological inpatient care, emergency referrals, and nutrition services at a hospital of the Ministry of Health. © Sa'adia Khan](https://msf.hk/sites/default/files/MSB9488.jpg)
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...
Dec 05, 2014
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...
Nov 25, 2014
At the triage, there is a book for patient registration and it records all the important information including name, gender, age, and the most important column - the Ebola test result. This column will usually be blank until the announcement of the...