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NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

Nauru | Concerns over reopening Christmas Island detention centre

MSF is concerned over the recent Australian government proposal to reopen the Christmas Island detention centre for patients medically evacuated from Nauru and Manus Island. MSF Australia - 21 Feb 2019
 
Day of Violence in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR

Six years of conflict in Central African Republic has offered little respite to citizens. An MSF report outlines the extreme violence our teams have witnessed and the ineffectiveness of MINUSCA, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in CAR. Report - 19 Feb 2019
 
Snakebite MSF Project - Abdurafi, Ethiopia
Snakebite

“The first ten minutes are critical”: treating snakebite in Ethiopia

Snakebite overwhelmingly affects the rural poor, such as migrant harvest workers in northern Ethiopia. Access to treatment remains difficult, due to high prices for antivenoms, and the unavailability of effective antivenom in remote places.
Voices from the Field - 14 Feb 2019
 
Goura, Cameroon - Displaced from Rann, Nigeria
Cameroon

Nothing to drink and nowhere to sleep for thousands who’ve fled Rann, Nigeria

MSF staff have treated hundreds of people with urgent needs living in a makeshift camp in far northwestern Cameroon after 35,000 fled violence in Rann, northeastern Nigeria. Press Release - 14 Feb 2019
 
Measles epidemic in (ex-) Katanga Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

Even during a widespread measles epidemic, we can save kids’ lives

A measles epidemic was declared in March 2018 in the former province of Katanga, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nearly 12 months on, MSF teams are still responding to the outbreak, vaccinating and treating children. Interview - 14 Feb 2019
 
Patient in Ad Dahi emergency room
Yemen

MSF opens new emergency room in Ad Dahi hospital

MSF has opened a new emergency room in Ad Dahi hospital, Hodeidah governorate, Yemen, where 100-year old Omar was recently our first patient. Project Update - 14 Feb 2019
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started enrolling patients in clinical trials of four potential new treatments for Ebola in treatment centres in Katwa and Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Statement - 12 Feb 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Breaking the invisible barriers that divide neighbourhoods controlled by gangs

Staff from the El Salvador Ministry of Health were able, thanks to MSF's presence, to cross the invisible borders imposed by violence that hinders access to health in some neighborhoods in the capital. Project Update - 11 Feb 2019
 
South Kivu reportage: Numbi & Lulingu
Photo story

South Kivu: Marathon journeys to access basic medical care

In the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people - particularly pregnant women - face challenges in accessing health care; insecurity and conflict in the region, long distances between villages and health centres, roads that become muddy rivers in the rainy season. Photo Story - 8 Feb 2019
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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