A strained global supply of cholera vaccines has obliged the International Coordinating Group (ICG)—the body which manages emergency supplies of vaccines—to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using instead a single-dose approach. The pivot in strategy will allow for the doses to be used in more countries, […]
As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the humanitarian community to respond to the emergency needs of people in the region, and for northwest Nigeria to be included in the UN’s humanitarian response plan, enabling a broader and more sustained response. Since the beginning of 2022, […]
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In 2012, when violence erupted between Rohingya and Rakhine communities, Zaw Rina’s home in Pauktaw town was burned down. She was forced to flee with her family to a camp in Ah Nauk Ywe on a difficult-to-reach island in the remote western part of the state. The impermanence of the fragile bamboo structure she […]
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For more than 20 years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been confronted with outbreaks of hepatitis E; frustrated by its impact on patients, and unable to treat it or offer a vaccination. This changed as MSF, together with the South Sudan Ministry of Health, carried out the world’s first vaccination campaign against […]
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As Somalia approaches the fifth consecutive rainy season that is forecasted to fail, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have been increasing the coverage of our nutrition programmes to meet the significant increase of acutely malnourished children in Baidoa city, in South West state. The area is badly affected by an unrelenting drought, […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) spoke with five Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to understand how they see their lives five years since being forcibly displaced from Myanmar. Representing the ages five, 15, 25, 45 and 65, together they span three generations of Rohingya living in the camps. They are […]
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In a training room in Gaza City, a group of healthcare workers from across the Gaza Strip gather, introducing themselves as doctors, nurses, administrators, technicians, and other medical professions. Mahmoud and Hana, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) psychologists, hand out materials and explain the agenda for the day: It’s a session of the […]
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Almost one million people[1] are currently displaced in northern Mozambique after fleeing their homes in search of safety, due to the conflict that started in Cabo Delgado province in October 2017. Many people have been displaced multiple times, needing to abandon their few possessions, means of survival, loved ones and communities during each displacement. […]
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Since the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September (and as of 2 October 2022), the Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed 43 cases of Ebola and reported 29 deaths (nine confirmed deaths from the disease and 20 probable). MSF is working with the Ministry of Health to set up an initial […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined the Haitian health authorities in the emergency response to treat patients presenting symptoms of cholera, following a resurgence of confirmed cases of cholera in Port-au-Prince as announced by the Ministry of Public Health (MSPP). In the Haitian capital, MSF opened a 10-bed cholera treatment centre (CTC) in the […]