“The ambulance boat is important,” says Mut, an MSF staff working in South Sudan, as it approaches the Old Fangak shoreline. “Before this system, people used to die because there was no transportation to the hospital.” (...)“We are lucky here to have access to healthcare.” Voices from the Field - 25 Aug 2015

Mohamed (2nd L) and his family receives support on board the MSF Dignity I search and rescue vessel after their wooden boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean 05 August.

International Migrants Day

“I was inside the ship when it started sinking.”

Testimonies from people rescued by MSF’s search and rescue vessel Dignity I after a boat capsized on 5 August 2015 in the Mediterranean waters north of Libya. Voices from the Field - 12 Aug 2015

Democratic Republic of Congo

The Rose of Masisi

A counselor at the Village d’Accueil gives us a tour of the MSF-supported Masisi general hospital in North Kivu, where women with high-risk pregnancies stay as they wait to give birth. Project Update - 27 Jul 2015

Mali

MSF continues its activities in Timbuktu despite insecurity

Since 2014, deteriorating security, explosive devices on roads and the risk of carjacking have forced MSF to reduce its activities in Timbuktu. In spite of all this, MSF continues to fully support three community health centres on the outskirts of Timbuktu with primary, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, immunisation and nutrition programmes. Project Update - 24 Jul 2015

Ethiopia

A tale of a desperate midwife

“Had these mothers arrived in good time, we would have saved their lives and their children’s. I feel very sad to see women die from avoidable conditions just because of lack of awareness,” said Aisha Akello, MSF midwife. “It’s heart-breaking, and sometimes I stay up at night, just contemplating what has happened and pondering ways to find a solution to prevent these avoidable maternal deaths.” Voices from the Field - 23 Jul 2015

Women's health

Q&A on consequences of unsafe abortion

Does MSF provide birth control and abortions as part of your programs? What are your criteria? What is your position on abortions? Voices from the Field - 14 Jul 2015

Belgium

Countries, beware: Climbing up the income ladder can seriously damage your health!

"Development aid medicine will not work if the prescription is based on a faulty diagnosis" says Meinie Nicolai, President of MSF’s Brussels Operational Centre Voices from the Field - 13 Jul 2015

In Kabul, Afghanistan, women going through labor are helped by midwives at the Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital, which is known for its maternity care. Midwife Iline Ceelen comforts a woman going through labor.

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Because Tomorrow Needs Her

Because Tomorrow Needs Her explores challenges through the experiences of MSF field workers: doctors, midwives, nurses and counsellors. womenshealth.msf.org

Yvonne back home after successful fistula repair surgery. “I’m really happy because the sickness I went to be treated for has been healed,” she said.

Women's health

Women's Health: Because Tomorrow Needs Her

A collection of first-hand stories of trying to save women’s lives in developing countries: the challenges, the successes, and what still needs to be done. Campaign - 16 Jun 2015

Côte d'Ivoire

Strengthening maternity care in Katiola

"Around half of babies continue to be born at home in this region of Côte d’Ivoire and, when there are complications, the distance to health facilities poses a real problem for the health of both mother and baby." Voices from the Field - 9 Jun 2015

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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Boat ambulance reaches patients in remote communities into northern Jonglei State