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Liberia pediatric surgery
Liberia

MSF opens paediatric surgery programme

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a paediatric surgical programme at Bardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH) on the outskirts of Liberia's capital Monrovia on 11 January, with a goal of making surgical care more available for children in the country.
Project Update - 31 Jan 2018
 
Cholera intervention in Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF steps up cholera support in DRC

“Cholera is affecting the parts of Kinshasa that are densely populated, so it’s crucial to act quickly to prevent the spread of this epidemic." Project Update - 25 Jan 2018
 
South Sudan

“I left my namesake in Old Fangak”

Judith Elavian is a midwife from Kenya. She recently completed her first MSF assignment in Old Fangak, South Sudan. She shares the story of a patient she will never forget. blogs.msf.org - 23 Jan 2018
 
End of intervention in response to a Marburg fever outbreak
Uganda

MSF ends its intervention in response to the Marburg fever outbreak

“This is the first time that Marburg fever has been diagnosed in these districts of Uganda, but strong national surveillance meant that the epidemic was noticed and confirmed early enough to allow for a rapid and effective collaborative response” Project Update - 11 Dec 2017
 
HIV Clinics in Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo

Left behind by the HIV response - Kinshasa

The Left behind by the HIV response report presents MSF’s clinical experience and epidemiological data from treating advanced HIV at CHK and other supported health facilities, along with recommendations for minimum diagnostic and therapeutic packages for advanced HIV at primary, referral and hospital levels, and costings for hospitalisation. The report calls for the funding and implementation of a referral system and free outpatient care and hospitalisation for advanced HIV in Kinshasa. The report also draws on the available literature and includes testimonies from patients who received hospital care in MSF’s Kinshasa HIV project and healthcare professionals specialized in the treatment of advanced HIV.

MSF Access campaign - 1 Dec 2017
 
Nigeria: Searching for aid after fleeing the fighting
Nigeria

Borno State crisis update – November 2017

The conflict between the Nigerian military and armed opposition groups has been ongoing for more than eight years, with serious humanitarian consequences. Crisis Update - 30 Nov 2017
 
Outreach project
South Africa

Responding to pervasive sexual violence in the platinum belt

MSF has been working with the North West Provincial Department of Health since 2015 to capacitate designated facilities as ‘Kgomotso Care Centres’ (KCC), providing a complete essential package of medical and clinical forensic services to survivors of sexual violence. Project Update - 30 Nov 2017
 
Test and Treat in South Sudan
South Sudan

Delivering HIV treatment to conflict areas

For people in rural South Sudan, HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be nearly impossible to obtain. Moving between villages is extremely difficult and the war has forced many to flee to isolated locations. But in Yambio County (southwest of the country), things are different. Mobile and same day testing and treatment, provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is improving the lives of people coping with HIV. Project Update - 29 Nov 2017
 
Crisis in Borno, Nigeria
Nigeria

What’s happening in the northeast?

More than two million people have fled their homes, with little chance of returning in the near future. An unknown number of people are out of reach of any humanitarian assistance. Project Update - 23 Nov 2017
 
Cholera epidemic, Am Timan
Chad

Misinformation and lack of resources hamper cholera response

"They are afraid to say they have cholera because it has a stigma attached to it” Project Update - 16 Nov 2017
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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