All the colours of wound care
Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black: not the potting order for the coloured balls in snooker, but the colours…
Unsung Heroes
Medic at the helm
I’ve always been a keen sailor and I regret the fact that I’ve never had time to sail around the…
Life in Chad with MSF
As-salamu alaykum! ("May peace be upon you" in Arabic). This is the common greeting heard here in Bokoro, a town…
A lost generation – working with young refugees in Greece
Conor Kenny is a doctor who has recently returned from Greece. He began his assignment working at Idomeni, a transit…
Camels and codeine – wilderness medicine
I have always had a passion for the wilderness and high places. My first expedition was after leaving school when…
Treating people at sea
Sarah is a doctor working on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. She shares…
Is there wine in the Congo?
Sarah is about to start her first assignment for MSF, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She blogs about why…
To Repel is to Protect
Four years ago working in Timor Leste, I experienced the devastating effects of dengue fever and malaria on families in…
Greater transparency for global health
As the G20 summit draws to an end, we hope that global leaders will push ahead with confronting the problems…
Better surgery for landmine victims
Landmines are a deadly legacy of many past and present conflicts and still kill around 15-20,000 people around the world every…