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Nepal

Evacuating the seriously injured from remote villages

“I was in terrible pain, I thought I would die,” said Maila Gurung. “Most of the nearby health posts were destroyed, the only one I could go to was an hour’s walk, but it was closed. And, besides, I couldn’t walk.” Voices from the Field - 25 May 2015

MSF Mediterranean Search and Rescue Operation III

Mediterranean migration

Three Mediterranean boat migrants describe their gruelling quests for better lives

"We go away from our country because we have no choice. We don’t want to get the Europeans tired of us, to overwhelm them, but we have no choice. We risk our lives to help our families, or neighbours, our friends, our parents and our brothers. That’s why we embark on this journey." Voices from the Field - 25 May 2015

Tanzania

Cholera outbreak among Burundian refugees

A cholera outbreak has struck overcrowded camps where thousands of Burundian refugees are gathering in Tanzania. According to the World Health Organization, 31 people have died of the disease, and more than 3,000 acute diarrhoea cases have been reported among the refugees. In collaboration with local authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is opening rehydration points and cholera treatment centres in Kagunga and Kigoma camps. Press Release - 24 May 2015

Colombia

Chikungunya - the disease that doubles you over

This new and little-known virus causes high fever and severe pain in joints after being bitten by an infected mosquito. It has already affected 208,044 Colombians so far this year. Voices from the Field - 22 May 2015

South Sudan

"The situation has been tense"

An MSF doctor describes his experience while working in a Protection Of Civilians site outside Malakal where about 30,000 people displaced by civil war are living. Voices from the Field - 22 May 2015

Nepal

"Everyone is afraid" says head of mission

I did not see any patients entering the hospital buildings. All the patients are outside. These people, who were injured during the quakes and underwent orthopedic surgery, are hospitalized in tents. Voices from the Field - 22 May 2015

South Sudan

Alarming humanitarian situation as conflict escalates

Escalating fighting is exposing civilians to widespread violence and severely restricting the provision of desperately needed aid. Press Release - 22 May 2015

Niger

‘It was chaos – the hospital was full to bursting’

A meningitis epidemic sweeping across Niger has already infected more than 6,500 people and claimed 443 lives according to the authorities. MSF’s Dr Clément Van Galen, in Niamey, reports on MSF’s emergency response. Voices from the Field - 21 May 2015

South Africa

MSF adapts medical response to needs of people displaced by xenophobic violence, providing psychological care for those traumatized

One month into its medical humanitarian intervention following a series of violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province, a team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reorienting their work to meet the psychological needs of traumatized foreign nationals sheltering in the single remaining displacement camp, as well as offering medical support in Malawi and Zimbabwe. Press Release - 21 May 2015

Haemorrhagic fevers

On Ebola and WHO reform

Speech by MSF International President at World Health Assembly, MSF side event, Palais des Nations Speech - 20 May 2015

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