Catherine - My life with HIV in 2011

Charles Sako, Catherine Atieno and Siama Musine live and work in Kibera, a deprived area of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. They are also all HIV positive and receive treatment through MSF’s clinic in Kibera. Six years ago, they were given disposable cameras for a week to document their lives on HIV treatment. From those photos, we created a project called ‘My Life with HIV’. Voices from the Field - 6 Jun 2011

Côte d'Ivoire

In the western part of Ivory Coast, people are still afraid

The normal pace of life has returned in most of the towns in the region, but deserted villages and burned-out homes show evidence of what happened in this area, and many fear that violence could start anew. “People are still afraid," says a manager at the Duekoué camp. Voices from the Field - 23 May 2011

Japan

MSF psychologists work with quake and tsunami survivors in Japan

While running the mobile clinics an assessment determined that, while health needs were largely being met by national actors, psychological assistance was an area in which MSF could offer increased assistance. Voices from the Field - 5 Apr 2011

Fistula

Fistula reconstructive surgery returns lives, dignity and well-being

Sigrid describes what took place in one of the MSF fistula camps, from mid-November to the end of December, 2010, in Boguila, a town in western Central African Republic. In the second of two fistula camps that MSF organized in the country, 65 women were treated. Voices from the Field - 8 Mar 2011

Nigeria

Preventing and treating obstetric fistulas in Nigeria

Obstetric fistulas, most often the result of prolonged obstructed labor, is an opening that occurs between the bladder and the vagina, or between the rectum and the vagina and causes a woman to become incontinent, among other devastating medical and social consequences. According to the UN, an estimated two million women live with fistulas today—about half of them in Nigeria. Voices from the Field - 8 Mar 2011

Lebanon

Ahmed, 72, Palestinian refugee, 'I am a guest here'

'We have electricity for only a few hours a day, we have constant power cuts and the water is salty, but it’s all that we’ve got.' Voices from the Field - 24 Feb 2011

Democratic Republic of Congo

Reaching out to populations trapped by conflict in Congo

Slideshow available - In North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, violent conflict persists between government forces and an array of military groups. The frontlines between different armed actors constantly shift, and local people are trapped in the middle – often cut off from medical care. In and around Pinga, an MSF team has been reaching out to populations trapped by the conflict by running mobile clinics via motorbike and providing medical services to people who have no other hope of getting medical care. Voices from the Field - 16 Feb 2011

Malawi

10 years: New challenges ahead

Currently, patients who start on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are often at an advanced stage of the disease and putting them on treatment is a delicate process. According to the new WHO directives, patients would start taking these drugs at an early stage, which would reduce the mortality rate significantly. Voices from the Field - 11 Feb 2011

Brazil

Establishing long-term mental health care in flood-affected areas in Brazil

MSF teams were shocked by the extent of the disaster. Mental health care was virtually non-existent and became the area of focus. Voices from the Field - 4 Feb 2011

Niger

Niger between two seasons of hunger

Despite the large-scale response to the nutritional crisis from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and many other organisations, tens of thousands of children suffered from malnutrition in Niger in 2010. In spite of better harvests, 2011 also looks set to be a critical year. I travelled to the Zinder region, in the east of the country. Voices from the Field - 4 Feb 2011

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