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mental health services in the southernmost provinces of Thailand
Asia & Pacific

Thailand

We work to provide mental health support to vulnerable communities in southern Thailand. Country
 
Fighting Hepatitis E in Am Timan Hospital, Chad - January 2017
Medical Activities

Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E is transmitted by ingesting water contaminated by an infected person’s faeces. Outbreaks are often documented in places with poor sanitation, like camps for refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs). Hepatitis E commonly causes only a mild short-term illness. Topic
 
Mobile Laboratory Tashkent | Express Test
Medical Activities

HIV/AIDS

Around 630,000 people died from HIV-related causes, while 1.3 million people became newly infected with the HIV virus in 2022. Topic
 
Tabarak Allah hospital - Gedaref, Sudan
Medical Activities

Kala azar

Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of infection with kala azar - one of the world's most dangerous parasitic diseases. Only malaria is more deadly. Topic
 
Patiente Ngangu, MSF nurse
Medical Activities

Malnutrition

More than 224 million children around the world last year suffered from malnutrition. It is the underlying contributing factor in nearly half of the deaths of children under five years of age. Topic
 
Mobile Clinics in Akobo and Kier : providing access to basic healthcare in remote areas
Medical Activities

Women's health

An estimated 99 per cent of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries. Most of these deaths are preventable. Topic
 
Largest measles outbreak: MSF intervenes in Kongo Central
Medical Activities

Measles

In 2022, our teams vaccinated over 4.1 million people against measles in response to outbreaks. But the highly contagious viral disease remains one of the leading killers of young children. Topic
 
Nigeria: Fighting the worst meningitis C epidemic in nine years
Medical Activities

Meningitis

Meningococcal meningitis is a highly contagious bacterial form of meningitis – a serious inflammation of the meninges – the thin lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Topic
 
Mental Healthcare in Mweso
Medical Activities

Mental health

Where we work, we may see people with a mental illness or confronting distressing situations, such as violence, loss or displacement. Mental health support can be crucial to help people cope. Topic
 
Sameer Rawashdeh
Medical Activities

Non-communicable diseases

Non-communicable diseases are not transmitted from one person to another. One could cite the cardiovascular diseases (cardiovascular or cerebrovascular accidents), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma) and diabetes. Topic
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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