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Malawi

More than 2.5 million children to be vaccinated and over 8,000 patients in care with biggest measles outbreak in over a decade in Malawi

In coordination with the country's health authorities, MSF teams are providing care and vaccination campaigns. The epidemic threshold has been surpassed in 23 of the country's 28 districts. Along with the vaccination efforts by MSF are training and medical support throughout the country. Project Update - 9 Jun 2010
 
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Zambia

MSF responds to worst cholera outbreak in Zambia in years

Cholera is endemic in Zambia. Over the previous years, Lusaka has seen repeated outbreaks during the rainy season. The lack of provision of drainage, access to clean water and poor hygiene and sanitation conditions are the route causes of the recurrence and severity of outbreaks. Project Update - 12 Apr 2010
 
MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde. A team was sent to support the hospital in Sao Felipe, the main town of the island of Fogo. Others maintain the health centers of Praia, the capital located on the island of Santiago.
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Une équipe d'urgence MSF participe à la prise en charge d¿une épidémie de Dengue.Une équipe a été envoyé pour soutenir l'hôpital de Sao Felipe, la ville principale de l'île de Fogo. D'autres soutiennent les centres de santé de Praia, la capitale du pays située sur l'île de Santiago.
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
 
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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
 
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Ethiopia

As diarrhoea outbreak in Ethiopia decreases, upcoming mass religious festival poses new risk

Beyond Addis Ababa, MSF is also responding to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in two other regions: in Afar, in the north east, where more than 1,000 people have been treated since early July, and in Amhara region in the east. Project Update - 17 Sep 2009
 
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Papua New Guinea

First cholera outbreak in 50 years in Papua New Guinea moves from small town to provincial capital

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to the cholera outbreak by assisting the Ministry of Health in setting up a cholera treatment centre in the hospital. Project Update - 7 Sep 2009
 
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Ethiopia

MSF teams respond to diarrhoea outbreak

Since August 19, joint Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been providing medical care to patients with acute watery diarrhoea in and around the capital city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Project Update - 2 Sep 2009
 
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Mali

Nomadic groups challenge measles vaccination effort for 400,000 children in Mali

Overall, around 100 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff, the majority from Mali, are working to address the measles outbreak. Project Update - 13 Jul 2009
 
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Somalia

Measles treatment in Somalia requires an adapted response

As the conflict in Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, reaches new heights, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still managing to curb the worst effects of an ongoing measles outbreak in neighbouring regions. Project Update - 3 Jul 2009
 
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Chad

Measles vaccination in eastern Chad is a human and logistical challenge

Since February 7, MSF teams have been vaccinating tens of thousands of children against measles in the district of Abéché, Chad. This emergency operation - to fight against an epidemic that has been ongoing for several week - is mobilizing significant human and logistical resources. Project Update - 18 Feb 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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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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