“The campaign took place in four locations in Kobane town to provide easy access to vaccination sites for residents” said Jason Mills, MSF Head of Mission. The Kobane Health Administration, in cooperation with MSF teams, provided measles vaccination and vitamin A for children between six month and five years of age. The campaign started on 18 of August and lasted for six days in town; followed by three days in four rural locations in the canton. “The teams vaccinated 3,410 children in Kobane town and 2,366 in the surrounding villages.” Mills added. Press Release - 29 Sep 2015

Still graphic for Hands Off/Incredible India campaign.

Access to medicines

MSF urges India to protect affordable medicines for millions

MSF displays billboards of ‘Incredible India’ ads with Taj Mahal made of pills outside Modi’s hotel, Indian consulate. Press Release - 28 Sep 2015

A side view of the Phoenix’s side after the rescue of 372 was completed on June 6, 2015. People can be seen on both the lower and main deck of the ship.

Mediterranean migration

MSF will no longer provide emergency medical assistance and post-rescue care on the MY Phoenix

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was informed that MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) has decided to stop their current search and rescue operation on the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, MSF will no longer provide emergency medical assistance and post-rescue care on board the MY Phoenix, as it has done since 2 May. Press Release - 23 Sep 2015

Nigeria

Cholera spreads in displaced persons camps in Borno State

The first cases of cholera appeared one month ago in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, which is sheltering more than 1.6 million displaced persons. Over a three-week period, the disease spread to the city’s two other IDP sites. The official count of 16 September recorded 172 cholera cases and 16 deaths. Press Release - 17 Sep 2015

Syria

Half a million more people under siege as intense bombing in Damascus region results in one of the bloodiest months since conflict began

“August was the worst month we’ve seen medically,” says an MSF-supported hospital director in one of the besieged areas. “Anyone who isn’t injured or dead can count themselves lucky. Enough death and siege. Enough blood and misery. Enough.” Makeshift hospitals supported by MSF have reported a series of extreme mass-casualty influxes resulting from 20 consecutive days of intense bombing attacks in August on markets and civilian buildings in the besieged communities of East Ghouta, near the Syrian capital. Press Release - 11 Sep 2015

Jordan

MSF officially opens upgraded reconstructive surgery hospital for victims of war in Amman

MSF has officially opened its newly upgraded reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman, Jordan.“In this new and expanded facility, our highly trained and specialized medical teams from the region are able to improve the quality of care provided to our patients,” says Marc Schakal, MSF’s Head of Mission In Amman. “Our highest patient quota is currently from Syria, followed by Yemen and Iraq. The people of these countries have already witnessed and experienced so much suffering.” Press Release - 7 Sep 2015

A boy, with an amputated leg due to lack of access to care after being bitten by a snake, on the banks of the Pibor River in Jonglei State. Up to 75 per cent of people cannot access even the most basic healthcare in South Sudan. Apart from a small Ministry of Health facility in Pibor town, MSF is the only primary healthcare provider for over 160,000 people in this part of Jonglei State.

Snakebite

Global health community slithers away from snakebite crisis as antivenom runs out

“We are now facing a real crisis so why do governments, pharmaceutical companies and global health bodies slither away when we need them most?” said MSF Snakebite Medical Advisor, Dr Gabriel Alcoba.” Imagine how frightening it must be to be bitten by a snake - to feel the pain and venom spread through your body – knowing it may kill you and there is no treatment available or that you can’t afford to pay for it?” Press Release - 4 Sep 2015

Democratic Republic of Congo

Katanga measles epidemic keeps worsening

In June, MSF raised the alarm about an measles epidemic raging in Katanga Province, DRC. The situation has now deteriorated further and sufficient resources are lacking. Press Release - 1 Sep 2015

South Sudan

Two MSF aid workers killed as fighting continues in Unity state

"The situation is desperate. Ongoing attacks, killings and sexual violence against civilians by any armed actor in Unity state must stop,” says Tara Newell, MSF's Emergency Manager. “People displaced from their homes and villages should be able to move safely to seek assistance, wherever it is being provided.” Press Release - 25 Aug 2015

Syria

MSF treats patients with symptoms of exposure to chemical agents

"The patients’ clinical symptoms, the way these symptoms changed over time, and the patients’ testimony about the circumstances of the poisoning all point to exposure to a chemical agent,” Pablo Marco, MSF’s programme manager in Syria. Press Release - 25 Aug 2015

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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Kobane Health Administration launches a measles vaccination campaign with support of MSF