NEW FOR 2010

Jess in Zim

JESS IN ZIM

Nurse Jess Cosby was awarded the Diploma in Tropical Nursing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and has worked in Botswana with people living with HIV/AIDS. This is her first mission with MSF based in Zimbabwe.

MSF Blog: Kiran Jobanputra

KIRAN FROM BUNIA

Kiran Jobanputra has worked as a doctor with MSF in Somalia, Kenya and Niger. He is currently writing his blog “From Bunia” as Project Coordinator at MSF’s Bon Marché field hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Chris is no longer in the office

CHRIS HOUSTON IS STILL OUT OF THE OFFICE

After a short break to recover from his work in Papua New Guinea, Chris Houston embarks on a new assignment as logistician with MSF’s Nigeria Emergency Response Unit. The NERU as it’s known in MSF, specializes in sending its emergency team, composed of doctors, nurses and logisticians, to respond to epidemics in the northwestern states of Nigeria. Chris arrived in Nigeria in July 2010, and will be working as part of the NERU team for the next year.

Chris hails from Glasgow, Scotland, where he has been a risk management consultant, and emergency support services volunteer and provided assistance during the 2004-2005 tsunami in South East Asia. He is on his second assignment with MSF.

MSF Photo Blog

MSF PHOTO BLOG

Check out our most popular blog, the “MSF Photo Blog”, for images from the frontlines of MSF’s field projects around the world. Click on the photos to open a larger image in an integrated lightbox window.

Follow MSF @ XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18 - 23

MSF @ IAC 2010 BLOG

Follow MSF at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18 – 23, 2010!

EXTRA-TIME!

EXTRA-TIME!

Check out the MSF HIV “footblog” from South Africa, “MSF Extra-Time”, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup!

MSF Blog: Bienvenue à Bendera

DIEUDONNÉ KONGOLO

Dr. Dieudonné Kongolo est congolais et il travaille comme médecin et humanitaire pour MSF depuis près de sept ans. Maintenant, il travaille come chef d’équipe de MSF et écrit “Bienvenue à Bendera”, dans le nord-est du Katanga en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).

SANDY ALTHOMSONS

Sandy Althomsons is an epidemiologist blogging about “TB in Uzbekistan” from Nukus’ project for multi-drug resistent tuberculosis. Sandy comes from the United States where she works for the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta.

MSF Haiti

HAITI EARTHQUAKE BLOG

This emergency “Haiti Earthquake” blog is co-written by a various members of MSF’s emergency team in Haiti. Includes liason Isabelle Jeanson, nurses Sherri Grady, Marie-Michèle Houle, Louise Johnston, and Dr. Wendy Lai. Dr. Lai is on her third MSF field mission, her second mission was based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she wrote the compelling “A Labour of Love” blog.

GRANT ASSENHEIMER

Grant Assenheimer is back, now as a project coordinator writing “Pré Avis in the Congo” from Dubié, Democratic Republic of Congo. Grant is a chemical engineer with work experience in the water sector, and has worked as a logistician for MSF. Grant’s last MSF field blog, “DRC – Not just the Kivus” can also be found on Reuters AlertNet.

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DANIELA WIDMER

Nurse Daniela Widmer is in Central African Republic, where she writes “The Forgotten Land”.

FENNA SNATER

Logistician, Fenna Snater, writes “In Africa” from an HIV treatment project outside of Harare, Zimbabwe.

HARRIET COCHRANE

Medicine by Motorbike

Harriet Cochrane was a project coordinator for MSF, writing from the Democratic Republic of Congo in “Medicine by Motorbike”.

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EMILY BELL

Emily Bell closes off her popular blog, “Welcome to Bravo Hotel: Stories from Monrovia” from Liberia. Emily is from Oxford, UK, and worked as a Field Coordinator in MSF’s project supporting the Benson Hospital in Monrovia. She is currently working with MSF’s emergency team in Haiti following the January 2010 earthquake.

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