Testimonies


Jovana Arsenijević
Balkans, Serbia
"Some experiences will remain deeply engraved in my mind"
Jovana Arsenijević, MSF assistant head of mission in Serbia, witnesses the evolution in her work with migrants in her own country.

Central African Republic
“Our paediatric hospital had to suddenly function as an adult trauma center”
Dr. Katie Treble was working in the MSF hospital in Bria during the weekend of 24 to 26 March when heavy fighting occurred.


Marthe Frieden
Zimbabwe
Non communicable diseases: towards better access to diagnosis and treatment
Marthe Frieden, field coordinator of a particularly innovative project in the management of non communicable diseases in Zimbabwe, explains.


Candelaria Lanusse
Yemen
"The war in Yemen is taking a very high toll on the civilian population"
Medical and humanitarian needs are huge and aid organisations have many problems providing assistance.


Jonathan Whittall
Iraq
Mosul: "The patients we receive are the 'lucky ones'"
Jonathan Whittall has been working in MSF’s newly opened field trauma hospital in a village south of Mosul, Iraq. He relates.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Running against time in Democratic Republic of Congo
Fabio Biolchini has just returned from a year with MSF’s emergency team, responding to epidemics and other crises across the breadth of this vast country.


Dr. Jean François Saint-Sauveur
Nigeria
“There are dramatic gaps in health care”
Borno state, located in northeastern Nigeria, is the main scene of the conflict that caused the displacement of more than 2.6 million people.


Eleni Kotsoni
Greece
"People need to be allowed to exist"
Like most Athenians, when Eleni Kotsoni walked past Elliniko refugee camp, she knew little about the people living inside. Four months into managing MSF’s mental health activities in Greece, she knows more than most about the plight of the refugees trapped on the edge of Europe.


Alan Gonzalez
Pneumonia: "It's infuriating to see so many sick children. The vaccine exists."
Dr Alan Gonzalez is from Mexico and joined MSF in 2009. Doctors seem to have a difficult time recalling specific patients with pneumonia.


Fernand Marxen
Democratic Republic of the Congo
"We need to be able to deal with any type of situation"
Interview with Dr. Fernand Marxen, surgeon in Bili, Democratic Republic of the Congo.