In a country where violence, suffering and death from preventable and treatable diseases are commonplace, the provision of free independent medical care is vital. Project Update - 17 Nov 2009

Cape Verde

MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team to support the hospital in Sao Filipe, the main town on the island of Fogo, where between 100 and 150 new dengue cases are being reported every day; more MSF medical staff have been sent to support health centres in Cape Verde’s capital city Praia on Santiago Island. Project Update - 16 Nov 2009

MSF teams are working in the region of La Paz, on the outskirts of Zacatecoluca and La Libertad, concentrating on the distribution of non-food items and giving psychological support to the victims.<br/>/nOver 150 people were killed and more than 13,000 were displaced by the intense rains and floods which hit El Salvador after Hurricane Ida swept through the country a week ago. The authorities declared a state of emergency in the regions affected and many communities were isolated for days because of the collapse of bridges.

El Salvador

MSF helps Hurricane Ida survivors in El Salvador

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team of nine staff, including doctors, logisticians, a nurse, a water and sanitation expert, and a psychologist to help the victims of this natural disaster. Project Update - 16 Nov 2009

South Sudan

MSF responds to serious kala azar outbreak in southern Sudan

Following a serious outbreak of severe parasitic disease, kala azar, in southern Sudan, medical humanitarian aid agency, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is responding to the emergency in several locations across both Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Project Update - 6 Nov 2009

Sudan

MSF assists newly displaced people in Shangil Tobaya

Clashes near Shangil Tobaya, a town in northern Darfur, Sudan, have led to a number of casualties and the displacement of hundreds of families. Project Update - 3 Nov 2009

Indonesia

Adapting to changing needs one month after the Indonesian earthquake

Nearly one month after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is focusing its efforts on the most affected area - the villages near Padang and Pariaman. Project Update - 30 Oct 2009

Greece

Overcrowded cells and deteriorating living conditions cause tension inside Pagani Detention Center

The needs for psychosocial support are much greater and, day by day, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team realizes that they could have provided much more help, if at least the basic humanitarian needs of the migrants were met. Project Update - 26 Oct 2009

Colombia

New people displaced by the armed conflict in the Nariño department

Since last June, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided care to those affected by eight massive displacements in the department, where approximately 4,000 people fled the countryside to nearby towns in search of safety. Project Update - 26 Oct 2009

Typhon Ondoy, Angono, novembre 2009.<br/>Visite de surveillance de Vasiliki Armeniakou (infirmière) pour recueil d¿info et surveillance épidémie dans les zones inondees. *** Local Caption *** In Manila and its surrounding areas, MSF teams are working to provide medical care and distribution of non-food items to the most vulnerable people affected by three typhon and tropical storms in october and november 2009. Dozens of thousands of people still live in flooded areas in critical conditions in the slums near a canal east of Manila and in the north and south-east Laguna de Bay area. These people are particularly vulnerable because either they live in crowded evacuations centers or in partially flooded houses.

Philippines

Struck twice by tropical storms, MSF works with the most vulnerable

In Manila and the North of the Philippines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to assist the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storms Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng), which struck the country on September 26 and October 3, affecting over 8.4 million people and causing 849 deaths. Project Update - 23 Oct 2009

India

Flood waters in India recede but humanitarian needs remain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was one of the first international humanitarian aid organisations to provide emergency assistance to the affected populations in Andhra Pradesh and is continuing its relief efforts this week. Project Update - 19 Oct 2009

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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