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Haiti - Leogane container hospital
Women's health

International Women's Day: Early pregnancy poses risks for mother and baby

In many countries where MSF works, pregnancy during adolescence is extremely common – and often unsafe. Project Update - 4 Mar 2015
 
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Nigeria

International Women's Day: Delivering comprehensive obstetric care for young mothers in Nigeria

eenage pregnancy is the norm in Jahun, Nigeria, leading to high maternal mortality rates. Project Update - 4 Mar 2015
 
Dr Tane Luna Ramirez
International Women's Day

Why adolescent health?

As a medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières values International Women’s Day (IWD) as an opportunity to reflect on the medical needs facing women in the countries where we work. Project Update - 2 Mar 2015
 
Luwingu, Zambia
Zambia

MSF hands over maternal health programme in Luwingu district

Three years after MSF began an intervention to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services in Luwingu district, Northern Province, Zambia, the medical situation of people in the area has improved and the work has been handed over to the Zambian Ministry of Health. Project Update - 17 Sep 2013
 
MSF HOSPITAL, IDLIB Region, SYRIA
Syria

Open letter: let us treat patients in Syria

In an open letter published on Monday 16 September 2013, a coalition of over 50 eminent doctors warns of a medical catastrophe in Syria and calls for medical and humanitarian access to those suffering. Open Letter - 16 Sep 2013
 
Fistula Gitega, Burundi
Project Update

Treating fistula: Prevention or cure?

MSF surgeon Dr Geert Morren talks about the physical and social distress that fistulas can cause, and why the issue needs attention. Project Update - 23 May 2013
 
Sameera's baby
Sudan

Maternity care in rural North Darfur

MSF's maternity care programmes in North Darfur.
Project Update - 16 Apr 2013
 
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Burundi

Women are still suffering from the backyard disease

Project Update - 15 Feb 2013
 
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Chad

Malnutrition a recurrent emergency

In the Sahel, the annual "hunger gap" period has only just begun, but in some regions of Chad the malnutrition situation is already worse than usual. In a few weeks' time, the rains will have rendered a lot of the country inaccessible and it will be impossible to reach children in need of treatment. For MSF, responding to this crisis has become a race against the clock. Project Update - 17 Jul 2012
 
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Somalia

The risks of childbirth

MSF expanded its medical services in Galkayo North in December 2011 by adding maternity and obstetric care. The number of deliveries has since boomed to about 200 per month, many coming from increasingly far away. Project Update - 6 Jun 2012
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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