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
Testimonies from Tal The Rohingyas are a Muslim minority from the border region between Bangladesh and Rakhine State in western Myanmar (formerly Burma). Their accounts of life in Myanmar include severe human rights abuses: restrictions on movement...	10/06/2008	Bangladesh
Martha’s New Leg Thanks to four large screws, road crash victim Martha Fulagbe (4) from DR Congo is guaranteed an active future.	25/05/2011	Democratic Republic of Congo
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
Patients' testimonies	22/07/2008	Ethiopia
"Eight months ago, I fell sick..." Omar is 39 years old. Suffering from multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis, he has been under the Médecins Sans Frontières team at Zougdidi since last July. Two months after starting his treatment, he was able to leave hospital to...	18/03/2008	Georgia
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
Ivory Coast: Voices after the violence Ordinary people – the grandparents, children, fathers and sisters of the country – suffered in the ferocious violence that swept Ivory Coast after a brutally contested election.	10/06/2011	Ivory Coast, Liberia
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