The war in Ukraine has been ongoing since 2014, with a massive escalation in 2022, with the most intense frontline areas in the east, southeast, and northeast of Ukraine.

Microbiologist Candice Lynch explains the importance of being flexible when working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the challenges she faced, and her advice for other medical scientists interested in working overseas. 

Microbiologist Candice Lynch explains the importance of being flexible when working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the challenges she faced, and her advice for other medical scientists interested in working overseas. 

Dr Tejshri Shah, General Director of MSF and a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases, recently returned from North Kivu, an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country at the epicenter of the current mpox epidemic in Africa. 

Dr Tejshri Shah, General Director of MSF and a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases, recently returned from North Kivu, an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country at the epicenter of the current mpox epidemic in Africa. 

Large-scale military incursions launched by Israeli forces on Palestine’s West Bank, and repeated attacks by the Israeli military on health workers, ambulances and medical facilities, are severely hindering people’s ability to access medical care, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).  

Large-scale military incursions launched by Israeli forces on Palestine’s West Bank, and repeated attacks by the Israeli military on health workers, ambulances and medical facilities, are severely hindering people’s ability to access medical care, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).  

Obstetrician-Gynaecologist Shanti Hegde is currently in Blantyre, Malawi, on her 16th assignment with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Malawi has the second highest cervical cancer rate in the world, with over 4,000 women falling sick with the disease every year. Shanti is working on MSF’s cervical cancer program to improve early prevention, diagnosis and treatment. She kindly spoke to us about her role in this project, and what keeps her coming back to MSF. 

For over 10 months, the war in Gaza has led to the displacement of over 1.9 million people. Often forced to move within minutes of the announcement of an evacuation order by Israeli forces, many have now been displaced numerous times.