Joyce Baker

humanitarian

Joyce Baker is a coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) in Sudan, where she has been actively involved in combating the cholera outbreak that has surged since mid-2023. She reported treating nearly two thousand cholera patients in a week, highlighting the dire state of healthcare facilities overwhelmed by the crisis. Baker advocates for urgent improvements in water and sanitation infrastructure amidst a deteriorating health system exacerbated by ongoing conflict in the region.