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Provide Safe Passage
Mediterranean migration

EU: your fences kill. Provide safe and legal passage

We send you this letter today, together with a lifejacket belonging to one of the 15,000 people rescued at sea by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since May. This poor quality life vest was the only security a man, woman or child had whilst trying to cross the sea to Europe. These jackets sometimes feature handwritten prayers for a safe passage, or phone numbers of relatives and friends to be contacted in case the person wearing it does not make it. This is a reminder that the people embarking on these journeys are fully aware of the risks they are undertaking, and the sheer desperation motivating them to put themselves and their families in so much danger. Open Letter - 11 Sep 2015
 
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Italy

Migration: Bourbon Argos not authorised to land 700 rescued migrants in Sicily

Despite lengthy discussions with Italian authorities and efforts by the Italian Coastguards, the Bourbon Argos was not authorised to disembark the 700 migrants in Sicily due to lack of capacity of the reception system. Press Release - 17 Jul 2015
 
Bunyakiri Vaccination Campaign
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF teams vaccinate 42,000 children against measles in the region of Bunyakiri

MSF teams have vaccinated children and young people in the region of Bunyakiri and Tushunguti, an area that is particularly difficult to access and cannot be reached by any kind of vehicle. Project Update - 26 Jun 2015
 
Nepal

MSF starts reaching people in remote mountain regions by helicopter and on foot following the earthquake

Medical teams have started reaching people, spread across isolated mountain villages, by helicopter and on foot. Crisis Update - 5 May 2015
 
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Nepal

“Some villages are 80-100 percent destroyed. It was beyond my expectations.”

Anne Kluijtmans, an MSF nurse from Holland, was on holiday in Nepal when the earthquake struck on Saturday 25 April. She quickly joined the MSF teams who had arrived in the country to respond. Project Update - 5 May 2015
 
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South Africa

MSF teams respond to health needs of displaced people in South Africa following xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals

A medical team from Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF) has been responding to the health needs of displaced people for nearly a week now since violent xenophobic attacks in the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province. Press Release - 21 Apr 2015
 
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Sudan

MSF supports the Ministry of Health to respond to measles outbreak in Sudan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the Sudanese Ministry of Health (MoH) to respond to a measles outbreak in parts of Sudan. In North Darfur, a mass vaccination was launched at the end of March, 2015 to stem the outbreak and increase the immunisation coverage in the population. Project Update - 21 Apr 2015
 
Measles vaccination campaign in Yida refugees camp
South Sudan

Fighting a measles outbreak in Yida refugee camp

Project Update - 13 Feb 2015
 
Measles vaccination campaign in Yida refugees camp
South Sudan

Measles vaccination in Yida refugee camp

Photo Story - 13 Feb 2015
 
Peshawar, gynecology and obstetrics hospital
Pakistan

Six months at Peshawar’s neonatal unit

A look back at Dr Ley's experience heading up the neonatal unit at MSF’s obstetrics and gynaecology hospital. Voices from the Field - 9 Feb 2015
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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