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A patient is brought from the prenatal ward into the main theatre. The road to the theatre can sometimes be challenging especially, during the rainy season.
Nigeria

MSF assists survivors of deadly Boko Haram attack

An MSF team in Maiduguri is assisting survivors of Baga attack. Project Update - 13 Jan 2015
 
MSF IEC teams travel to villages in Yambio to conduct health education.
South Sudan

Improving maternal outcomes with community outreach

In Yambio, most women are afraid of delivering in a hospital. MSF's Information, Education and Communication (IEC) teams are trying to change that. Voices from the Field - 7 Jan 2015
 
Dr Susanne Mortazavi during outreach clinic in Shamwana, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Women's health

The perils of childbirth in Democratic Republic of Congo

A heartbreaking account illustrating the reality that far too many women continue to die avoidable deaths during childbirth due to a lack of access to quality medical assistance. Voices from the Field - 20 Nov 2014
 
Listenning to the heartbeat of a baby in its mother's womb, Chire health centre.

Since 2012, MSF has been running a mother and child healthcare project in Sidama Zone of SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region) in Ethiopia. MSF will, end of October 2014, hand-over the project to the Ministry of Health and regional authorities. MSF has mainly been working in the two Woredas (divisions) of Chire and Mejo.
Ethiopia

Unobstructed motherhood - women delivering safely in Sidama

Maternity waiting houses bring expectant mothers closer to health facilities before delivery, and allow monitoring of women with a history of complications. Project Update - 27 Oct 2014
 
MSF Land Cruisers, including some which have been converted to ambulances to transport patients to the Gondama Referral Centre. A 200 bed emergency paediatric and obstetric hospital run by MSF in Bo, Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Paediatric & maternal services paused

Medical activities at Gondama Referral Centre suspended due to strain of Ebola outbreak Press Release - 15 Oct 2014
 
Nasir South Sudan
South Sudan

"Just a few hours old but already fleeing violence"

A new-born baby is caught up in violent conflict Voices from the Field - 3 Sep 2014
 
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HIV/AIDS

We see pregnant women dying from HIV

Mamotsieleli Molofotsane from Lesotho is around 20 years old. She has three children and is pregnant with her fourth. Mamotsieleli has been tested HIV positive and is on ARV treatment. Her three children have been tested HIV negative. Project Update - 22 Jul 2014
 
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Slideshow: Giving birth in Central African Republic - Sonia's story

In pictures: Giving birth in Central African Republic - Sonia's story. Voices from the Field - 27 Mar 2014
 
Carolina Lopez, Spanish MSF Health Promoter explains to the Health Promotion team how to interact with women at the West Imey Market. It is their first Health Promotion activity at the market. They will explain to women the importance for pregnant women to go to the MSF clinic for maternal care, what is available to them and stress the signs of difficult pregnancies and deliveries to watch out for.
Women's health

Do non-monetary incentives for pregnant women increase antenatal attendance among Ethiopian pastoralists?

Studies on the relationship between antenatal attendance and non-monetary incentives. Journal article - 21 Mar 2014
 
A girl sits next to relief items her family received in an MSF distribution.
 Since September 2008, MSF has been distributing relief items to displaced families living in improvised camps and with resident families. From September 2008 to March 2009, 30 000 people had benefited from MSF distributions in Peshawar, Charsadda and Mardan districts. *** Local Caption *** A massive influx of displaced people fleeing fighting in Bajaur Agency (500 000 people) in August 2008 and in Swat and Buner in April 2009 (1 to 2 million people) has caused significant strain on local families and health centres all around the region. Between 80  90% of the displaced population are living with resident families and improvised settlements all around the NWFP. The rest are living in official displaced persons camps. The dispersion of the displaced population over a large area and the general insecurity in the region have been major factors limiting MSF action.
Women's health

International Women's Day 2014: Forced to Flee

Stories from MSF's patients in Pakistan, Haiti, South Sudan, Philippines, Mauritania and Kenya. Voices from the Field - 7 Mar 2014
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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