Friend, nurses working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are at the forefront of everything we do: from patient consultations, to infection prevention and control, to health promotion, to coordinating medical projects. They also work to maintain our ongoing projects and care for patients in need amid unprecedented challenges.

“We saw early on that nurses looking after COVID patients in the hardest-hit cities around the world had to do so without the equipment they needed, but they still did it every day. That’s simply what nurses do: we answer the call, in any situation,” says John Hansen-Brevetti, an MSF nurse in Puerto Rico.“It’s something nurses do in hospitals around the world, and it’s something nurses do at MSF.”

Most MSF nurses are hired from within the communities they serve. In fact, over 90 percent of our global staff are recruited, trained, and work locally. Over the past year, they've made countless sacrifices to care for their neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic, often enduring the emotional toll of distancing from their families to keep their patients safe.

MSF nurses depend on supporters like you, Friend, to ensure they always have the supplies they need to do their job at the ready. That’s why we’re asking for your support, which could help provide the equipment our nurses use around the world and keep our essential medical services running.

Filling a nurse’s bag could help provide the communities we serve with a host of lifesaving health services, including vaccinations for diseases including malaria and tuberculosis, and supplies for inpatient therapeutic feeding centers, emergency trauma care, and so much more.

Your gift could purchase thermometers, stethoscopes, and other vital supplies needed to save a person’s life.

Friend, will you chip in to help fill an MSF nurse’s bag and provide other crucial services?