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South Sudan

A year after mass killings in Bentiu, violence and displacement continue

A year after the mass killings of civilians in the oil town of Bentiu in South Sudan, including people sheltering in the hospital where MSF was running an HIV/TB project, the violence and displacement have continued and access to basic healthcare and food remains a problem for people living in rural areas outside the town Voices from the Field - 15 Apr 2015
 
Hellen Morris
Haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola: Living in the aftermath

Hellen Morris is an Ebola survivor in Liberia who lost her husband to Ebola and seven of his family members including his parents in August 2014. Voices from the Field - 13 Apr 2015
 
Bor State Hospital, FEB 2015
South Sudan

Restoring a ransacked hospital

MSF nurse supervisor Brima Vandi's recounts the restoration of Bor's abandoned hospital Voices from the Field - 8 Apr 2015
 
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Central African Republic

One whole month just to get to Bria hospital

After eight-year old Ousman had a fairly minor accident, his health gradually deteriorated. Voices from the Field - 8 Apr 2015
 
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Central African Republic

In the aftermath, everything has changed

Tatiana four years old, arrived at the hospital suffering from acute malaria, marasmus (a severe form of malnutrition) and hypothermia. Voices from the Field - 7 Apr 2015
 
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Kenya

“A sadness has descended” in Garissa

What an MSF doctor witnessed when his team responded to the attack on Garissa University Voices from the Field - 4 Apr 2015
 
Floods aftermath: cholera emergency in Mozambique
Mozambique

Cholera - the water thief

For the people in Tete, life or death depended on how quickly they could get to the treatment centre once the symptoms started. This is their story. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2015
 
MSF Rebooting Public Health System in Liberia
Liberia

Rebooting public health services

As the number of Ebola patients declines, MSF is assisting the local health system to safely restore medical services. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2015
 
MSF Rebooting Public Health System in Liberia
Liberia

No vaccinations for months has put children at risk

As of January, an estimated 92,000 children below one-year old in Liberia had not been vaccinated at all. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2015
 
Casey O’Connor, Project Coordinator in Lankien
South Sudan

Stranded in the surgical ward

MSF has been trying to adapt to a new reality in South Sudan. It has shifted from addressing the huge medical needs of a people with generally no access to healthcare, to addressing the huge medical needs of people trapped in an armed conflict. Voices from the Field - 1 Apr 2015
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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