Chronic wounds were making life miserable for Evelyn. But then she met Melanie and an expert, sensitive treatment changed her life again.

Hospitals and doctors can be few and far between in the vast Chinese countryside and the quality of medical attention inconsistent from hospital to hospital. A training program aims to change that by educating health workers about effective wound care.

Elisa Pizzi joined a volunteering mission to Kisumu, Kenya. She teamed up with her colleagues to work together with Kenyan healthcare professionals. What she took away from this time was inspiring – and surprising. This is her story.

When emergency medical teams tend to patients with multiple severe injuries, there is no room for trial and error. Instead timing, reliability and precision are key – not just for doctors and nurses but also for the tools and supplies they rely on.