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Ukraine

Activity Update, May 2015

MSF continues to expand its medical activities to meet the needs of people living in the hardest-hit areas, and to people who had to flee the conflict. MSF has offices in Kyiv, Artemivsk, Kurakhove, Donetsk, Mariupol and Lugansk and its activities are run by 69 international and 241 local staff. Crisis Update - 27 May 2015
 
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Iraq

MSF provides assistance to the displaced and refugees in Kurdistan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in the Erbil region or northern Iraq since 2013 providing primary healthcare and mental health services to Syrian refugees who have fled from the conflict that continues to rage in their country. MSF also assists Iraqis who have been forced out of their homes by the violence. Crisis Update - 26 May 2015
 
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Haemorrhagic fevers

Experts support a varied approach to Ebola trials

In a letter to the Wall Street Journal today, 19 experts from Africa, Asia, Europe and the US set out their support for the use of a range of clinical trial designs during the Ebola epidemic. Open Letter - 26 May 2015
 
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Access to medicines

Governments take decisive step towards more affordable vaccines

Resolution passes at World Health Assembly, calling for more affordable vaccines and greater transparency on vaccine pricing Press Release - 25 May 2015
 
MSF Response to Nepal Earthquake
Nepal

The earthquakes took Nepal by surprise, the rains should not

MSF is racing against time to reach remote villages with medical supplies and shelter material. Difficult logistics and terrain leave limited transport options, meaning MSF teams have to use helicopters to transport these materials to villages north and east of Kathmandu every day. Crisis Update - 25 May 2015
 
MSF Response to Nepal Earthquake
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
 
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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
 
Chikungunya in Tumaco
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
 
Renewed conflict in Upper Nile, South Sudan
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
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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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