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From the Executive Director

Sana Bég – MSF Canada’s new Executive Director – invites you to explore patient and staff stories from MSF projects around the world in summer of 2024 edition of Dispatches.

Caring for the caregivers

MSF's mental health program supports Ukrainian healthcare workers, providing essential psychological care to cope with war's trauma and stress.

Gaza: Living with collective trauma

Canadian child psychiatrist Dr. Audrey McMahon's work in Gaza highlights the resilience of children and the immense mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers.

Sudan: “It is important for people to know what is happening here”

Moana, a mother of eight from Khartoum, recounts her harrowing journey fleeing conflict, highlighting resilience amidst unimaginable hardship.

Rise in kidnappings and sexual violence near U.S.–Mexico border impacts people on the move

Migrants near US-Mexico border face extreme violence and trauma, struggling to find safety and mental health support.

Violence affecting health and healthcare workers

“The violence is like gangrene, spreading and threatening us all.”, says a MSF doctor in Haiti.

“We fear a flare-up of disease again”

Conflict in North Kivu, DRC, displaces 1.6 million people, worsening humanitarian crisis and health conditions.

‘What do you carry with you?’

MSF's Geo Barents rescues migrants crossing the Mediterranean, many carrying deeply meaningful personal belongings.

Making greater impact with a future gift

Pierre Zakarauskas' two-decade support for MSF ensures vital healthcare for those in greatest need.

Who are MSF Canada STAFF ON ASSIGNMENT?

At any given moment, there are more than a hundred people working abroad on Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada contracts, helping provide care to people caught in crisis. They are doctors, nurses, engineers, coordinators, administrators, surgeons, logisticians and more, and they are drawn from all parts of Canada by the critical humanitarian needs that exist in places affected by conflict, disease, healthcare exclusion or disasters.

They help MSF provide essential care to people in more than 70 countries around the world. We thank them for their compassion, skills and dedication.

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