In the first of a new weekly audio diary series, MSF Hospital Director Kaylene Tomkins’s shares what it’s like to respond to mass casualties in a war zone.  

In the first of a new weekly audio diary series, MSF Hospital Director Kaylene Tomkins’s shares what it’s like to respond to mass casualties in a war zone.  

Despite constant insecurity and complex health challenges, Dr Gerald Riordon focused on building strong and respectful working relationships in his first assignment with MSF. With a background as a general paediatric advanced trainee, Gerald managed a team of 20 doctors providing paediatric and neonatal specialist healthcare to people in the large Rohingya refugee camp and local population.  

Despite constant insecurity and complex health challenges, Dr Gerald Riordon focused on building strong and respectful working relationships in his first assignment with MSF. With a background as a general paediatric advanced trainee, Gerald managed a team of 20 doctors providing paediatric and neonatal specialist healthcare to people in the large Rohingya refugee camp and local population.  

Isabella Mayes is a midwife activity manager who has recently returned from Old Fangak, South Sudan. Isabella shares how her experience in remote and rural healthcare helped her on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). 

Isabella Mayes is a midwife activity manager who has recently returned from Old Fangak, South Sudan. Isabella shares how her experience in remote and rural healthcare helped her on her first assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). 

Life in Kiribati is influenced by its remote location, high disease burden and the worsening impacts of climate change. The country's healthcare system is under immense strain. With health workforce shortages, Kiribati relies on skilled and dedicated members of the community to provide care on the outer islands. 

Life in Kiribati is influenced by its remote location, high disease burden and the worsening impacts of climate change. The country's healthcare system is under immense strain. With health workforce shortages, Kiribati relies on skilled and dedicated members of the community to provide care on the outer islands. 

MSF has started to roll out a new HIV prevention tool: a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis. If we can get this drug to people at risk of HIV infection, and they accept it, this will be a turning point in ending the HIV epidemic.  

MSF has started to roll out a new HIV prevention tool: a long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis. If we can get this drug to people at risk of HIV infection, and they accept it, this will be a turning point in ending the HIV epidemic.