Sam Okeyo

Humanitarian Pharmacist working for @MSF.

Tweets about #medicine,
#humanitarian aid, #soccer and
everything in between.

-My views don’t represent MSF-

[Sam Okeyo @sam_swr]

So far in my MSF career this was the most challenging and most rewarding charter that I have been part of in preparing and making sure it arrives to the country to ensure our medical activities are not disrupted 🥹🥹

[MSF Sudan @MSF_Sudan]

"A cargo plane chartered by MSF landed in Port Sudan on June 1, carrying 47 tons of essential medical supplies. With supply chains increasingly disrupted by the conflict in the Gulf region, humanitarian access across Sudan remains critical. ��1/3"

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Thousands of migrants are fleeing South Africa amid xenophobic violence and ahead of planned anti-immigrant protests on June 30, with Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Mozambique repatriating citizens as many camp outside consular offices.

[MSF International @MSF]

Our teams are assessing how we can respond to the earthquakes that struck Venezuela.

We have donated trauma kits to a hospital in La Guaira. Over the next 24–48 hours, we expect to continue donating trauma kits to hospitals while we refine a more comprehensive response and coordinate with partners.

[News24 🇿🇦 @News24]

‘It’s pure xenophobia’: How ‘30 June’ protest sparked killing of Malawian man in KZN
https://t.co/iUq3ydhNVA

[MSF International @MSF]

Complex trauma wounds need specialised care, including rehabilitation. Our colleagues in Gaza are adapting their physical therapy work because of supply restrictions.

Mohammed Alyazji tells us about the alternative materials being used to meet patients’ needs ⬇️

[Mail & Guardian @mailandguardian]

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the Sherwood Hall grounds that has seen between 7 000 and 10 000 undocumented and displaced foreign nationals descend on Durban site.

https://t.co/C8m16tD7UX

[(fan) yas @yassronaldo]

- Te deja tu novia
- Eres desempleado
- Estás calvo

Pero Curazao marca su primer gol en el Mundial:

[Footy Humour @FootyHumour]

Me being carried to bed after watching 10 straight hours of World Cup football

[MSF South Sudan @MSF_SouthSudan]

No accountability one year after Old Fangak hospital bombing / Warring parties must spare last remaining hospitals Jonglei, South Sudan

The bombings of Old Fangak and Lankien by South Sudanese government forces cannot go unanswered.
Learn more👇
https://t.co/3o0KCySbtn

[MSF International @MSF]

📢 The world needs more midwives.

For International Day of the Midwife, we asked our colleagues what having more midwives would mean for women and their communities.

Music by https://t.co/tiRWnE38NR | Artist: Benjamin Lazzarus

[Cameron Hudson @_hudsonc]

Incredible photo essay from Jerome Toubiana on life in Darfur today. https://t.co/piuF7yD6xP

[MSF International @MSF]

Welcome to the workshop of our Kunduz trauma centre in Afghanistan, where our logistics team makes medical devices that help people with their mobility, on site and for lower cost.

Check out how they make a pair of crutches from start to finish 👇

[Kenya High Commission-Pretoria @Kenya_Pretoria]

ADVISORY NOTE TO KENYAN NATIONALS RESIDING IN SOUTH AFRICA

[Yousra Elbagir @YousraElbagir]

March for March organisers were making a big show of their anti-immigration rally being peaceful and only aimed at illegality - but it was undoubtedly hostile & aggressive towards African foreign nationals in the heart of Johannesburg, as the public order police stood watch.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

People have marched through some of South Africa's largest cities to protest against immigration.

Sky's Africa correspondent @YousraElbagir witnessed a man being Tasered by a protester in central Johannesburg ⬇️

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

African migrants warned to close shops during South Africa anti-migrant march https://t.co/KTqwOqlFvu

[2 ⭐️GUBZ🇿🇦🇵🇹 @VhoGubz]

I placed a bet on Morocco winning AFCON 2025!! Give me my money @Betway_za

[Mehedi Hassan @MHassanFootball]

Pure gold from @sidlowe

“On the tunnel wall is a slogan from Alfredo Di Stéfano: it says that no player is as good as all the players put together. That is true of course, but it had been tested here, and not just because Valverde sometimes seems to be all the players put together, a man with four lungs and three first-half goals, all of them brilliant.”

https://t.co/7Zl6he7TTR

[MSF International @MSF]

“Nothing is harder than burying your colleague with your own hands, then returning minutes later to continue working... The injured kept coming.”

In Gaza, Rami describes describes seeing his fellow MSF colleagues killed in an Israeli strike.

Watch the documentary: https://t.co/1OHEGvdk3R

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Israel to ban MSF from working in Gaza over refusal to provide staff list https://t.co/OPwpoonHy0