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The city of Mariupol is among the areas now heavily affected by the war in Ukraine. Multiple staff members of MSF are sheltering in the city with their families.

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South Africa: Supporting COVID-19 vaccination for the hard to reach in Khayelitsha

Posted on 4 March 2022 (25 May 2023) by jeremy

A vaccination support program developed by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Khayelitsha in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health (WCDoH), South Africa has shown that it is possible to target individuals with comorbidities that increase the risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19. Most facilities in South Africa do not offer targeted vaccination support […]

Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai

Posted on 4 March 2022 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

Tropical Cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on February 5, 2022. According to the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC), the initial toll amounts to 94 deaths and 116,000 people affected, but these figures are provisional since many areas are still inaccessible. […]

MSF staff member David Deng Aleu killed in intercommunal violence in Agok

Posted on 4 March 2022 (2 May 2023) by jeremy

It is with great sadness that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of David Deng Aleu, a South Sudanese nurse that worked in the MSF hospital in Agok. David was killed inside his home on Thursday, February 10, 2022, when intercommunal fighting broke out in Agok, a town 38km south of Abyei in […]