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The main task of Flora Escourrou (center of the picture), a French nurse, was to supervise operations on the numerous vaccination sites.
Chad

We had two weeks to vaccinate 100,000 children

Nurse Flora Escourrou has recently returned from eastern Chad where she took part in a measles vaccination campaign. Voices from the Field - 3 Jul 2013
 
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South Sudan

Refugees in Maban county, South Sudan

Two videos from the Maban refugee camps in South Sudan, highlighting the plight of the refugees where life remains a daily struggle. Voices from the Field - 20 Jun 2013
 
The Hepatitis E ward at MSF's hospital in Batil refugee camp, 
Maban County, South Sudan. All four camps in Maban County are now 
affected by the Hepatitis E outbreak, which began in June 2012. 
Hepatitis-E is a virus that is spread via fecal-oral transmission and 
that causes liver disease and can lead to acute liver failure and death. 
There is no cure, and medics can only try to alleviate the symptoms to 
assist the patient to recover. It is known to be particularly dangerous 
for pregnant women.
South Sudan

Medical care in South Sudan's Batil camp

Dr Deirdre Lynch is an Irish General Practitioner currently working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Batil camp, South Sudan where 38,000 people have sought refuge from fighting and violence in neigbouring Sudan. Voices from the Field - 20 Jun 2013
 
An MSF national nurse holds a consultation with mothers and their children at a health centre near Sibut, Central African Republic. In January 2013, MSF implemented a two month emergency response project in the area to provide life saving health care to the population. Sibut was under control of rebels who were part of an uprising against the government. The uprising led to a coup and most of the population fled to the bush in fear.  Many of the children MSF treated were suffering from malaria.
Central African Republic

The violence has ended but the emergency continues

Serge St-Louis, MSF head of mission in Central African Republic, updates us on the post-conflict situation, including the issues and outlook for the country, its healthcare system and MSF. Voices from the Field - 17 May 2013
 
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Central African Republic

We are talking about a crisis on top of a crisis

Interview with Jose Antonio Bastos, president of MSF Spain, who just returned from Central African Republic, a country that experienced a coup d'etat in March by the opposition coalition Séléka. Voices from the Field - 16 May 2013
 
MSF began providing medical assistance in the Jebel Si in 2005 through a
health post and in 2008 began running a rural hospital in Kaguro and five
health posts. These are the only health facilities in this area, and serve
a permanent population of approximately 100,000 people, as well as about
10,000 seasonal nomads all of whom are entirely dependent on MSF for
healthcare and emergency assistance.

As a result of the growing obstacles encountered over the last year due to
restrictions by the authorities, MSF has been forced to suspend most of its
medical activities in the region of Jebel Si, in North
Darfur State, Sudan. As MSF is the sole health provider in the region,
thousands of people are left without access to essential healthcare.
Project Update

After a decade of conflict, there are still medical needs

Voices from the Field - 26 Mar 2013
 
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Guinea

For André, treating malaria is a 'personal commitment'

Voices from the Field - 3 Feb 2013
 
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Mali

"The worst thing would be to get to Konna too late"

Voices from the Field - 24 Jan 2013
 
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Mauritania

Alarming malnutrition and mortality among malian refugees

Voices from the Field - 9 Jan 2013
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.
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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