When Fatima Abdi Ali experienced life‑threatening complications during her seventh pregnancy, she and her husband travelled more than 125 kilometres from Ethiopia to reach Mudug regional hospital in Galkayo North, Somalia. It was the nearest facility equipped for such an emergency. On arrival, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams performed an urgent caesarean section, […]
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When I tell people I disinfect ambulances and isolation wards for a living, most of them think I am crazy, especially people my age. Some of my friends are busy with TikTok dance challenges or chasing soft life dreams and here I am, deep in protective gear, spraying down virus-contaminated zones for eight hours straight. Sometimes […]
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My name is Liban and I come from Hilmo village in the Galbuduud region of Somalia. I never imagined I’d find myself far from home, in a hospital, fighting tuberculosis. But here I am, and I want to share my story: how this illness crept into my life, how it changed everything, and how I’m […]
Too many children with TB are neither tested nor treated, with many countries failing at the first hurdle: updating policy guidelines in line with WHO recommendations. A new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), shows that children with tuberculosis (TB) continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the […]
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“Seven months ago, my wife gave birth to twin boys. She experienced excessive bleeding during delivery, but I had no money to take her to the hospital. Our village lacks a free health facility. While caring for her at home, our two boys also fell ill. I had to take a loan of about $178 […]
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