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South Sudan

Activity Update June 2015

MSF is particularly concerned about the effects of fighting in Upper Nile State. Humanitarian needs are growing, but aid organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to access the most severely affected areas, such as Wau Shilluk and Noon. Insecurity has also restricted MSF’s work in Malakal and Melut through June and July. Crisis Update - 31 Jul 2015

Tanzania

130,000 refugees vaccinated against cholera in the overcrowded Nyarugusu camp

A cholera vaccination campaign to protect Burundian and Congolese refugees in the overflowing Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania has been completed this week. However, with people still living in very precarious conditions, there is a parallel urgent need to improve the sanitary situation in the camp. Press Release - 30 Jul 2015

Mexico

Acapulco's population is exposed to violence on a daily basis

“The population is exposed to violence on a daily basis” says María Simón, coordinator of the MSF project in Acapulco. "The challenges we face are many, but without a doubt the main ones are to finish establishing a strong community strategy based on acceptance that allows us to continue to get closer to the population and to develop security strategies that are adapted to contexts of urban violence which are not comparable to those MSF normally faces in armed conflict scenarios."
Voices from the Field - 29 Jul 2015

Yemen

War Crimes and Severe Shortages

"We fear that the coalition-led offensives seeking to regain territory from the Houthis will ... inflict yet more violence on civilians caught between the warring parties and expose them to armed reprisals," says Dr Mégo Terzian, President of MSF France. "We also fear that those countries who support the coalition in its quest 'to liberate' Yemen ... will view such violence as acceptable collateral damage." Opinion - 29 Jul 2015

Malawi

Gallery: Inside Chichiri and Maula Prisons in Malawi

Photo Story - 28 Jul 2015

Kenya

The cholera test and why the Kenyan health system has failed

"Over 128 and 30 suspected new cases of cholera have been reported in Migori and Kisumu counties respectively in the past one week. This is amidst a number of political declarations across many counties that the cholera outbreak is over. To me this is one of the strongest attestations to the lack of clear coordination in outbreak response within the devolved framework. If such an approach is aimed at downplaying the outbreak in order to save face then it is a recipe for disaster and the short rains expected in September are only likely to make things worse," says Dr Stephen Wanjala, Deputy Medical Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières in Kenya. Voices from the Field - 27 Jul 2015

Democratic Republic of Congo

The Rose of Masisi

A counselor at the Village d’Accueil gives us a tour of the MSF-supported Masisi general hospital in North Kivu, where women with high-risk pregnancies stay as they wait to give birth. Project Update - 27 Jul 2015

Malawi

Detained for having a dream

Built to accommodate 800 prisoners, Maula prison is bursting at the seams with 2,650 inmates. Amongst this desperate population, the most vulnerable are the nearly 300 undocumented migrants who were arrested as they travelled towards South Africa. Voices from the Field - 24 Jul 2015

Mali

MSF continues its activities in Timbuktu despite insecurity

Since 2014, deteriorating security, explosive devices on roads and the risk of carjacking have forced MSF to reduce its activities in Timbuktu. In spite of all this, MSF continues to fully support three community health centres on the outskirts of Timbuktu with primary, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, immunisation and nutrition programmes. Project Update - 24 Jul 2015

South Sudan

MSF calls for urgent humanitarian access to Upper Nile state

“The continuing violence in South Sudan is forcing ordinary people to live in inhumane conditions,” says William Robertson, MSF’s program manager for South Sudan. “People are being exposed to continual violence, increased displacement, fear of attacks, disease outbreaks and the risk of starvation. MSF is deeply concerned about the continued denial of access for aid organisations to conflict areas and other remote areas of South Sudan, which is leaving people without the humanitarian assistance they urgently need.” Press Release - 23 Jul 2015

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