Stories From Patients & Staff

As world leaders gather at COP31, the communities that MSF supports are already experiencing the health-related impacts of climate change, from malnutrition to psychosocial distress.

In Butembo, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kasoki Zawadi spends her days with her husband, who is being treated for Ebola. A plexiglass window separates them, but they can talk to each other. In MSF treatment centres,…

More than ten months after tens of thousands of Congolese refugees arrived at the Busuma camp in eastern Burundi, living conditions remain extremely precarious, and many refugees say they would rather return to the Democratic Republic of…

Arwa,* a 27-year-old mother from Haydan in Sa’adah Governorate, Yemen, has precious hopes for her pregnancy this time. "If I had to travel for hours to the city every month just for routine check-ups, I would have lost my baby. Having this…

This year's World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, had the theme of "Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change". Mading, a 42-year-old former teacher living in Twic County, Warrap State, South Sudan, shared a reflection on mental…

Despite the reduction in the intensity of hostilities and repeated announcements of ceasefires and de-escalation efforts, the situation in southern Lebanon remains fragile. Israeli military operations and insecurity continue to affect…

In South Darfur, clinical psychologist Malcolm Hugo found a new focus for his work, strengthening counselling for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence who sought care in their community or at Nyala Teaching Hospital. In this…

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened 10 new community sites for the case management of childhood illnesses, as well as three therapeutic feeding units in Ablelaye and Mina, Chad, to bring healthcare closer to…

‘I have been running away all my life. I have already experienced so much trauma, and I don’t know if I can handle or face another struggle. I’m sick of this life." Samuel*, from Eritrea, September 2026. For a person seeking safety, these…

Alongside providing healthcare to communities in crises, the other part of MSF’s dual mandate is to bear witness to the experiences of those communities – especially when they face injustice. This witnessing, known within MSF by the French…