At the end of June, three MSF staff members were brutally murdered in Tigray, Ethiopia. We remember their lives and humanitarian careers. Voices from the Field - 7 Jul 2021

Over the past few days, hundreds of people have arrived in the provincial capital city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado, fleeing from the violent attacks that took place in Palma last week. Together with the government and other humanitarian organizations, MSF will contribute to the response by providing medical support to the displaced population that is being temporarily sheltered at the stadium.

Mozambique

Fear and loss for people fleeing violence in Cabo Delgado

Attacks on Palma, have caused the loss of many family members, in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Two internally displaced women, who MSF have assisted, recount the violence that they've witnessed during these attacks. Voices from the Field - 16 Apr 2021

General view of Meluco, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, 20 February 2021.

Mozambique

Violence in Cabo Delgado: “Many have seen dead bodies along the way”

Over the last year, the number of people forced to flee in Cabo Delago province has increased exponentially because of the violence. There are currently around 50,000 people living either in camps or in the host community. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2021

Kundeya school, in the city of Axum, central Tigray, where thousands of displaced people have taken refuge in recent weeks.

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

Tigray’s cities fill with displaced people fleeing insecurity and in need of aid

Tens of thousands of people displaced by insecurity have arrived in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. They lack food, water, shelter and hygiene. Voices from the Field - 29 Mar 2021

MSF staff transport a patient during a mobile clinic in Hawzen, northeast Tigray.

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”

Albert Viñas, the recently-returned emergency coordinator in Tigray, Ethiopia, describes the situation of people who've had to leave their homes, and the difficulty faced in trying to access medical care. Voices from the Field - 1 Feb 2021

Mozambique

Trying to survive a three-year nightmare in Mozambique

MSF's strategic support manager for Mozambique, Caroline Gaudron, describes the chaos and challenges for people trying to survive, having fled extreme violence in the country's Cabo Delgado province. Voices from the Field - 29 Dec 2020

Refugees are getting ready to board the buses that will transfer them from Al Hashaba transit camp to Um Rakuba refugee camp.

Ethnic Tigray, Ethiopian, refugees who fled the central goverment's military offensive against what is perceived as separatism by the Tigray regional governement and its military branch TPLF.
When crossing into Sudan the refugees settle in unoccupied, unfinished houses at Al Hashaba Village 8, built for local Sudanese being resettled after the building of a Tekeze river dam.
Some Sudanese families and military live in the camp, village Al Hashaba.
The Sudanese governement tries to move the refugees into the Um Rakuba camp.
MSF runs the water supplies and has an emergency clinic in the camp.

SUDAN, Gedaref Region, Eastern border with Ethiopia/Tigray Region. Al Hashaba. 2020/12.

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

“Services for the refugees need to increase, otherwise it will be a disaster”

MSF’s acting emergency coordinator in Sudan describes the situation in Um Rakuba camp, where 15,000 people who fled violence in Ethiopia are sheltering. Voices from the Field - 23 Dec 2020

On May 16, fighting erupted in and around Pieri, a town in Jonglei State in northeastern South Sudan, which resulted in an estimated 200 people killed, tragically including one of our own team members, and another 300 people wounded. Over four days – from 16-20 May – MSF teams received and treated at total 63 wounded people in Lankien Hospital – including two of our team members. All had gunshot wounds.

The MSF 80-bed hospital in Lankien also provides obstetric and paediatric care, nutritional support and treatment for victims of sexual and gender-based violence, as well as treatment for HIV, TB and kala azar.

About MSF

Do you leave or do you stay: COVID-19 in South Sudan

blogs.msf.org - 1 Nov 2020

Old Fangak market. The small rural village has become a refuge for thousands of people fleeing fighting along the Nile since 2014.

Marché de Old Fangak. Le petit village rural est devenu un refuge pour des milliers de personnes fuyant les combats le long du Nil depuis 2014.

About MSF

Challenging times in Old Fangak

blogs.msf.org - 17 Sep 2020

“I used to make a living out of farming and selling small things” says Elida Howa. “Once I got sick in 2018, I was too weak to work. I hope I will be soon able to go back to farming.”

Malawi

Tackling a silent woman-killer in Malawi

Cervical cancer kills over 2,300 women in Malawi every year. This grim reality is the result of issues with vaccination and screening, as well as limitations in treatment. Since 2018, MSF has been working to fill the gap in Blantyre district, in the country’s south. Voices from the Field - 9 Jul 2020

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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María, Yohannes and Tedros, remembered by their colleagues

Fear and loss for people fleeing violence in Cabo Delgado

Violence in Cabo Delgado: “Many have seen dead bodies along the way”

Tigray’s cities fill with displaced people fleeing insecurity and in need of aid

Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”

Trying to survive a three-year nightmare in Mozambique

“Services for the refugees need to increase, otherwise it will be a disaster”

Do you leave or do you stay: COVID-19 in South Sudan

Challenging times in Old Fangak

Tackling a silent woman-killer in Malawi

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