Patients' stories

Topic	Date	Location
“Now I feel better, but I can’t walk” A young woman from Syria starts a new life in Turkey after being shot by a sniper	09/05/2013	Syria
Eden loses his leg due to violence in eastern DRC Eden, a nine-year-old boy, was seriously injured in the recent fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group in Goma, eastern Congo. He is one of 60 wounded patients...	03/12/2012	Democratic Republic of Congo
"HIV positive people were not treated as normal human beings" Thembi Ngcamphalala is an ‘expert client’ for Médecins Sans Frontières in Swaziland’s remote Shiselweni region, sharing her experiences and counselling people who are living with HIV/AIDS. She is a joyful and energetic woman,...	13/08/2012	Swaziland
“I didn’t think that my condition could be cured” Khadija’s first child was stillborn, and Khadija herself was left badly injured after delivery. She has since undergone surgery to close up her obstetric fistula in the women’s village managed by Médecins Sans Frontières in...	26/07/2012	Chad
In Chad, little Fadilla beats three killer diseases Fadilla is tiny, but her cheeks are chubby and her eyes are bright. After a three-hour trip on the back of a motorbike with her grandmother and father, the two-year-old waits with her family under a scrubby tree for the mobile...	12/07/2012	Chad
Pakistan: A young boy is treated for head injuries Ali*, a five-year-old boy, fell five metres from the roof of a house while playing with other children. “He was unconscious. Since there were no other male adults in his home, his mother sought help from me. So I immediately...	25/06/2012	Pakistan
Patient Testimony: Refugees fleeing Blue Nile violence	15/03/2012	South Sudan
Somalia: Four year old boy recovers from malnutrition Four year old Khalif has been under treatment in Médecins Sans Frontières’ in-patient therapeutic feeding centre in the southern Somali town of Kismayo for just over two weeks when his mother, Abshiro Gedi, tells his remarkable...	03/02/2012	Somalia
South Sudan: Patient stories after the violence Patient testimony of a 24 year-old girl who was shot in the leg and in the cheek in the attack on Lekwongole on December 27th, 2011. Her only daughter, 3, was abducted.	25/01/2012	South Sudan
South Sudan: "I Will Stay Here Until Our Home Place Has Peace." This 33-year-old man was interviewed in the Doro refugee camp in South Sudan on December 7, 2011. He was once a community health worker with an NGO in Blue Nile State, but has since spent 10 years in a refugee camp in Ethiopia...	12/12/2011	South Sudan