Category: Stories

Most patients suffering from noma are children under the age of six, whose immune systems have been weakened by malnutrition. Photo: Adavize BAIYE/MSF
Nigeria: Life after noma
Mosul, Iraq: “I buried them in the garden”
Democratic Republic of Congo: “If we sit back and do nothing, these people will die”
MSF is calling on all parties to agree to a ceasefire in order to access wounded people in urgent need of life-saving medical care.  Photo: MSF
Central African Republic: “ The city of Bangassou has turned into a battlefield, we fear the worst for the civilian population”
The UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) camp in Bentiu to the north of South Sudan is one of the sites MSF works in. The camp is home to over 120,000 people who have fled violence in different parts of the country. Photo: Rogier Jaarsma
How my first assignment with MSF changed me
Over- and misuse of antibiotics have contributed to the spread of antibiotic resistant diseases and has turned it into a global public health threat. Photo: Doris Burtscher/MSF
Antibiotics: Handle with care
Almost all of the roughly 40 female inmates had medical complaints. More than half complained about scabies, followed by general body pain, often associated with mental trauma. Photo: Tankred Stoebe/MSF
Libya: From Misrata to Tripoli, a first-hand account from Dr Tankred Stoebe
Photo: Malik Samuel/MSF
Nigeria: Testimonies of forced return
CAR: “Our paediatric hospital had to suddenly function as an adult trauma center”
Photo: MSF
"The war in Yemen is taking a very high toll on the civilian population"