Six months after numbers of children with measles surged, Dr Ei Ei Khaing, MSF clinical team leader in Taiz Houban mother and child hospital, describes efforts to tackle the life-threatening disease. “I have seen firsthand how the current surge in measles cases is affecting children in MSF’s hospital here in Taiz Houban in Yemen. Although […]
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As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, MSF is concerned about spread of disease due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified late […]
As of February 2024, close to 190,000 people have been displaced in Kassala state alone (International Organization for Migration IOM), underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive humanitarian assistance. Among them are approximately 40,000 people who fled recent violence in Al Jazirah state. The plight of internally displaced people in Kassala is emblematic of the broader […]
As the world marks ten years since the deadliest Ebola virus disease outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is disappointed that while two approved Ebola treatments now exist, they are not readily available via an emergency stockpile for use in places where they would likely […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been ordered by Panamanian authorities to stop all medical activities for people on the move through the Darién Gap, on the border between Panama and Colombia. Since receiving the order on Monday 4 March, MSF has suspended our activities. The Panamanian authorities allege that MSF does not currently […]
Read More… from Darien Gap, Panama: MSF forced to suspend medical care for migrants
The first survey in more than a decade to examine the impact of violence on mortality in Haiti reveals the extreme levels of violence experienced by residents of Cité Soleil, the largest slum in the capital, Port-au-Prince. The retrospective mortality survey was carried out by Epicentre, the epidemiology and medical research arm of Doctors Without […]
Read More… from Port-au-Prince, Haiti: New survey reveals extreme levels of violence