Press Release - 24 Mar 2013

Mussa acaba de participar en su segundo intento de saltar la valla de Melilla.
Dice que lo seguirá intentando, aunque tratará de evitar pasar por mar. Dos de sus
compañeros han muerto ahogados.

Mussa has just participated in its second attempt to jump the fence into Melilla.
He says he is going to keep on trying, although he’ll stay away from the sea. Two of its
colleagues drowned in an attempt to cross the Strait of Gibraltar.

Mussa vient d’essayer de passer le grillage de Melilla. C’est sa seconde tentative. Il
dit qu’il continuera à essayer mais qu’il essayera d’éviter de passer par la mer. Deux de
ses compagnons se sont noyés.

Morocco

Migrants face persistent violence

A new report by MSF outlines the impact of precarious living conditions and widespread criminal and institutional violence on the health of undocumented sub-Saharan migrants trapped in Morocco on their way to Europe. According to the report, Morocco’s transformation, as a result of increasingly stringent border controls, from a country of transit to a forced destination for migrants heightens their vulnerability. Press Release - 13 Mar 2013

In 2011 MSF had scaled up its activities in Mogadiscio to respond to the needs of IDPs and general population.
MSF currently runs activities in several neighbourhoods of the city, including Howl Wadaag, Wadajiir and Jaseera, offering primary and secondary healthcare, including surgery and gyneco-obs care, to IDPs and resident population.
MSF also supports Daynile general hospital, in the outskirts of the capital.
Between January and June 2012, MSF has provided free healthcare to some 825 000 people.

Somalia

MSF closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident

Humanitarian organisation is unable to continue its work as minimum safety conditions for patients and staff are not guaranteed Press Release - 11 Mar 2013

A 6 year old kid surrounded by MSF surgeons in the OT. He suffered from burns in his back. The operation was done in Al-Salam Hospital where MSF manages maternity, pediatric, surgical and emergency departments and provides medications and treatment for free

Yemen

MSF continues its medical activities in Aden emergency hospital

Press Release - 9 Mar 2013

An MSF doctor is doing a dressing on a severely burnt boy in an advanced medical post.*** Local Caption *** MSF is supporting advanced medical posts with training and donations of drugs and medical material

Syria

Humanitarian assistance in deadlock

After two years of extremely violent conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now catastrophic and the aid provided falls drastically short of what is needed. MSF calls on the parties involved in the conflict to negotiate an agreement on humanitarian aid, to facilitate its supply around the country via neighbouring countries or across front lines. Press Release - 7 Mar 2013

Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF reinforces team in Kitchanga after heavy fighting results in many dead and wounded

MSF has flown in additional medical staff to the town of Kitchanga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after heavy fighting in the last few days between armed groups resulted in deaths and mass casualties. Press Release - 1 Mar 2013

$Dadaab, Kenya - July 2011 The eastern regions of the Horn of Africa have experienced consecutive poor rainy seasons, resulting in one of the driest years in decades in many pastoral zones. The impact has been exacerbated by high local cereal prices, high livestock mortality, ongoing conflict, and restricted humanitarian access in some areas. Tens of thousands of Somalis have been fleeing to Kenya and Ethiopia in search of assistance. Waves of people continue to arrive every day at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in eastern Kenya. With the camps already badly overcrowded\204originally built to hold 90,000 people, they now house four times that number\204many are forced to seek shelter in the surrounding desert.$

Somalia

Crisis not over

In a report released today, MSF highlights violence, displacement and food shortages as salient features of Somalia’s humanitarian landscape. The report draws on a survey of more than 800 Somali patients attending MSF medical facilities in Somalia and in Ethiopian refugee camps, as well as quotes from personal testimonies from community members. Press Release - 13 Feb 2013

Lebanon

Aid lags as Syrian refugee numbers increase

Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home in search of safety in Lebanon do not receive anywhere near adequate levels of humanitarian assistance and are living in extremely precarious conditions, a detailed survey released today by MSF reveals. More than half of interviewees cannot afford treatment for chronic diseases and nearly one-third have been forced to suspend treatment. Press Release - 7 Feb 2013

Medical Referent for MSF in Hangu, Dr. Emmanuel Berbain, examining a nineteen year old blast victim. *** Local Caption *** Hangu district belongs to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province and borders the tribal areas where high levels of violence and insecurity regularly lead to massive displacements of populations: sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni communities, clashes between armed opposition groups and security forces, presence of Taleban and other groups linked to Al Qaeda. In May 2010, MSF has opened a program in Hangu district hospital to provide emergency medical and surgical care 24/7. Since 2011, MSF team also supports the hospital maternity to assist Ministry of Health staff for complicated deliveries.

Pakistan

MSF treats 55 wounded after blast in Hangu

A bomb exploded outside two mosques in the Pat Bazaar area of Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday afternoon, killing several people and wounding dozens more. MSF and Ministry of Health staff treated 55 injured at Tehsil Headquarter hospital in Hangu. Press Release - 7 Feb 2013

Syria

MSF criticises aid imbalances

International aid provided to Syria is not being distributed equally between government and opposition controlled areas. The areas under government control receive nearly all international aid, while opposition-held zones receive only a tiny share. Donors must support cross-border humanitarian operations to reach opposition-held areas, says MSF ahead of the Donors’ Conference for Syria. Press Release - 29 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.

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