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Nauru
Nauru | Concerns over reopening Christmas Island detention centre
MSF is concerned over the recent Australian government proposal to reopen the Christmas Island detention centre for patients medically evacuated from Nauru and Manus Island. MSF Australia - 21 Feb 2019
Central African Republic
Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR
Six years of conflict in Central African Republic has offered little respite to citizens. An MSF report outlines the extreme violence our teams have witnessed and the ineffectiveness of MINUSCA, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in CAR. Report - 19 Feb 2019
Snakebite
Voices from the Field - 14 Feb 2019
“The first ten minutes are critical”: treating snakebite in Ethiopia
Snakebite overwhelmingly affects the rural poor, such as migrant harvest workers in northern Ethiopia. Access to treatment remains difficult, due to high prices for antivenoms, and the unavailability of effective antivenom in remote places.Voices from the Field - 14 Feb 2019
Cameroon
Nothing to drink and nowhere to sleep for thousands who’ve fled Rann, Nigeria
MSF staff have treated hundreds of people with urgent needs living in a makeshift camp in far northwestern Cameroon after 35,000 fled violence in Rann, northeastern Nigeria. Press Release - 14 Feb 2019
Democratic Republic of Congo
Even during a widespread measles epidemic, we can save kids’ lives
A measles epidemic was declared in March 2018 in the former province of Katanga, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nearly 12 months on, MSF teams are still responding to the outbreak, vaccinating and treating children. Interview - 14 Feb 2019
Yemen
MSF opens new emergency room in Ad Dahi hospital
MSF has opened a new emergency room in Ad Dahi hospital, Hodeidah governorate, Yemen, where 100-year old Omar was recently our first patient. Project Update - 14 Feb 2019
DRC 2018 Ebola outbreaks
Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started enrolling patients in clinical trials of four potential new treatments for Ebola in treatment centres in Katwa and Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Statement - 12 Feb 2019
El Salvador
Breaking the invisible barriers that divide neighbourhoods controlled by gangs
Staff from the El Salvador Ministry of Health were able, thanks to MSF's presence, to cross the invisible borders imposed by violence that hinders access to health in some neighborhoods in the capital. Project Update - 11 Feb 2019
Colombia
Buenaventura: “MSF fills a huge vacuum in helping victims of violence”
Interview - 11 Feb 2019
Photo story
South Kivu: Marathon journeys to access basic medical care
In the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people - particularly pregnant women - face challenges in accessing health care; insecurity and conflict in the region, long distances between villages and health centres, roads that become muddy rivers in the rainy season. Photo Story - 8 Feb 2019
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
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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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