Patients' stories - Médecins Sans Frontières Australia - International Medical Humanitarian Aid

Topic	Date	Location
In Hargeisa’s Shadaha camp, life flourishes amidst hardship “Having a baby is a joy. Having three is a triple blessing,” says Fardows Abu-Bakr, 34, who recently gave birth to healthy triplets in Hargeisa, Somaliland. She gazes at Sudais, Su’ad and Sadiyo with love, pride and...	10/12/2010
‘Caught in conflict’: For this family a hospital room is the only safe place to be Most of the patients crowding Boost hospital’s inpatient department have been affected by the ongoing war in Helmand in one way or another. In one room, grandmother Reda* sits cross legged on the floor, surrounded by six of her...	02/12/2010	Afghanistan
Treating floods displaced communities in Southern Sindh Mohammed Khan* was spending the summer holiday, waiting to join the 10th grade when the floods came and submerged his hometown of Khaipur and many other parts of Pakistan. The torrential rains and massive water flows washed away...	06/10/2010	Pakistan
India: A young patient's story Fiona Fisher, a medical doctor working for Médecins Sans Frontières in Manipur, India tells Vanlalsiam's story	21/04/2010	India
A beam of hope in Tawila Hospital Médecins Sans Frontières opens newly renovated hospital in North Darfur	08/04/2010	Sudan
One pill when the sun rises and one when it sets As the sun rises in Homa Bay, in western Kenya’s Nyanza Province, Pamela gets her two-year-old son Pascal dressed and ready for the day. At seven o’clock she sits with her husband Charles and father, mother and son all take their...	05/12/2008	Kenya
Listening to HIV positive children in Zimbabwe Médecins Sans Frontières helps care for over 7,000 HIV positive kids in Zimbabwe. Over 60% of those are already on ARV treatment.	28/10/2008	Zimbabwe
Patients' testimonies	22/07/2008	Ethiopia
Gaining acceptance for mental healthcare in Darfur Musa was chained naked to a tree stump for five years as an act of love. In Darfur, Sudan, as in many regions of the world where treatment for psychiatric illness is seldom understood, nor available, protecting a man from...	21/07/2008	Sudan
Sheleme’s Story Médecins Sans Frontières teams are currently running outreach therapeutic programs in the district of Shashemene in the Oromiya region, Ethiopia. Patients affected by severe malnutrition are being screened by Médecins Sans...	13/07/2008	Ethiopia