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Voices from the FieldFirst-hand Accounts from MSF Aid Workers and PatientsMarch 2010
Ethiopia's Somali Region: "The moment I saved a child’s life for the first time will always stay with me"MSF midwife Mali Ebrahami described her experience working in Wardher, where health care and other basic services are minimal. Read more » February 2010Haiti: "We are not out of the emergency phase yet"Dr. Marie-Pierre Allié, president of Médecins Sans Frontières-France, who recently returned from a field visit to Haiti, analyses the situation there one month after the disaster. Read more » February 2010
Haiti: An Anesthetist’s 10-day MissionDr. Philippe Touchard, an anesthetist, is head of emergencies at the Pasteur Hospital in Langon, near Bordeaux. Forty-eight hours after the January 12 earthquake, he flew to Haiti to reinforce MSF’s surgical teams in Port-au-Prince. Here are exerpts of his journal of this short mission. Read more » January 2010
Haiti: "It's Going to be a Very Long Recovery"MSF International President Dr. Christophe Fournier reflects on his time in Haiti and the many challenges to come. Read more » January 2010
Haiti: Immediate and Long-term Health NeedsBrigg Reilley, an MSF epidemiologist in Haiti, discusses MSF’s current priorities as well as the priorities in the weeks and months to come. Read more » January 2010
Haiti: Courage, Selflessness, and DiscoveryIn any tragedy there are miraculous moments. Today I learned of one of those moments and was witness to another. Read more » January 2010
Sudan: Searching For Gold Under Bricks in Northern DarfurStaff members are mostly from Darfur, and have felt the impact of the conflict in their daily lives. Both they and the patients they tend to have experienced immense loss, yet they carry on with dignity and give generously to one another. Read more » January 2010
Treating Crush Syndrome in Haiti With Lifesaving DialysisWe were very lucky because we found a dialysis center at General Hospital. It was broken down—there was no water, there was no electricity because of the earthquake. But with the MSF logisticians we could restart it in 36 hours. Read more » January 2010
Haiti: 11 Days After the Earthquake, Some Changes VisibleThe teams are still working hard to treat as many as possible, always trying to save what they can from so many injured bodies. Read more » January 2010Haiti: Strong Aftershock Was "Frightening for Everyone"MSF emergency physician Sebastian Spencer was working at Choscal hospital in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, on January 20 when the area sustained a strong aftershock. Here he describes what happened. |
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