In her State of the European Union speech of September 15, 2021, EU Commission President Von der Leyen has yet again underlined the importance of global access to vaccines in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Does this mean the EU’s words will finally turn into deeds? Or is her speech just another empty promise? Since April […]
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Forced suspension of majority of MSF activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia, as well as in the west and northwest of Tigray region, to comply with a three-month suspension order from the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on July 30, 2021. […]
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Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
The greatest number of deaths and injuries from Haiti’s August 14, 2021, earthquake occurred in the country’s southernmost region, the Sud department. Prior to this disaster, hospitals and clinics were already scarce in remote areas of Sud, and the earthquake damaged or destroyed many health facilities and roadways, making it difficult for earthquake survivors in […]
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Mass deportations and failed asylum policies leave tens of thousands of migrants stranded and in danger along Mexico’s border cities
Tens of thousands of migrants are trapped in extremely vulnerable conditions in northern and southern Mexico due to failed asylum policies and mass deportations from the US, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today, denouncing the overcrowded conditions and lack of access to medical and social services for migrants […]
South Sudan: Two deaths from hepatitis E as a result of sanitation conditions in Bentiu IDP camp
An alarming jump in the number of patients with hepatitis E and acute watery diarrhea has been seen in the camp for internal displaced persons (IDP) in Bentiu, South Sudan. The situation is critical with two deaths already registered within a month since end July, alerted the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans […]
Treating child injuries in blockaded Gaza
In the Al-Awda hospital paediatric unit in northern Gaza, Mohammed Aboud, a father of five, comforts his four-year-old daughter Hala as she slowly wakes up after her surgery. The scene is all too familiar to Mohammed now. Over the last few weeks, Hala has already been operated on five times. On 14 July 2021, Mohammed […]
Lifesaving TB medicines must be affordable and available to make all-oral treatments for children a reality
Paediatric formulations of bedaquiline and delamanid are still out of reach.
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Lebanon: Healthcare System disintegrates as political vacuum persist
Dwindling supplies of fuel and medicine mean that Lebanon’s healthcare system is rapidly disintegrating as the country – which has been without a government for a year now – grapples with one of the worst economic crises in the world. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are directly experiencing the consequences of the system’s […]
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Colombia: Humanitarian crisis grows in Telembi Triangle region as armed groups fight for control
More than 21,000 people have been displaced from their homes since start of 2021. A humanitarian crisis is mounting in the Telembí Triangle area of southern Colombia, close to the border with Ecuador, as violence flares between armed groups fighting for control of the territory. Since a peace agreement was signed in Colombia in 2016, […]
Yemen: Seeking healthcare in a city split by a frontline
“The constant fear and the feeling of being close to death is horrific. We have been bombarded with shells. A shell once hit my sister and injured one of her eyes.”
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