In the wake of a fire which destroyed Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, MSF is urging Greece and the EU to immediately evacuate the 12,000 men, women and children to safety. Project Update - 9 Sep 2020

Medical staff inside the MSF-supported Bolomba Ebola treatment center.

DRC Ebola outbreaks

Responding to new Ebola outbreak in Équateur province

Since the declaration of a new outbreak of Ebola in DRC, the country's eleventh, in Equateur province, MSF teams are responding in the most remote, affected health areas. Project Update - 4 Sep 2020

People prepare evening meals during sunset in the streets of Mbawa camp.

Nigeria

“When I think about going home, I remind myself that a live dog is better than a dead lion”

A multi-layered and complex conflict between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria's 'food basket' middle belt states has escalated in recent years, forcing thousands of people to become displaced with a lack of access to healthcare and food. Project Update - 1 Sep 2020

Cameroon

A hospital at the heart of the North-West crisis in Cameroon

More than three years of armed violence in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon have led to a humanitarian crisis, severely damaging local health systems. Access to healthcare has become a daily challenge. Project Update - 1 Sep 2020

MSF is operating outpatient activities since 11 Aug responding to increased critical needs of freshly displaced communities the GPAA and Jonglei.

South Sudan

A forgotten crisis continues

Humanitarian aid is urgently needed in South Sudan, where months of inter-communal clashes in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area have left tens of thousands of people displaced. Project Update - 20 Aug 2020

The Souq al Khamis detention centre, located by the sea in the city of Khoms, illustrates the violence and blurred lines between official authorities, militias and criminal networks that pollutes some detention centres.
Our teams have been working there since 2017. In 2019, Khoms became the main landing point for people intercepted at sea and brought back by the Libyan coastguard. It is also the starting point for many crossing attempts, including the one on 25 July 2019 which tragically ended with the deaths of at least 110 people. Our team assisted 135 survivors brought back to Khoms. They were in a state of shock after spending several hours in the water and seeing so many people, including family members, drown before their eyes.
At first, it seems as though refugees and migrants detained in Souq Al Khamis have better conditions and more access with the outside world than in other detention centres. Here, some go to work outside, they can buy food in the city, speak to family on the phone, and, following recent IOM renovation work, hygiene conditions are no longer as dire as before. There are showers and access to safe drinking water. However, below the surface, lie stories of violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.

Libya

Libya: “They were shot and killed as they fled arbitrary detention”

Three people were killed and two others injured as they were shot at trying to flee arbitrary detention in Khoms, Libya, where they had been returned after trying to leave the country. Project Update - 31 Jul 2020

MSF staff organise a COVID-19 health information session in Aydarken

Kyrgyzstan

In remote Kyrgyzstan, COVID-19 puts a strain on the health system

MSF teams in Kyrgyzstan are bracing for further cases of COVID-19, especially in remote areas of the country, where resources and staff were already stretched. Project Update - 22 Jul 2020

A medic waits for patients in a dedicated space set-up to identify potential COVID-19 symptomatic patients, to place them in observation if needed and call an ambulance for them to be tested, at a hospital supported by MSF in Northwest Syria.

Syria

COVID-19 provokes fears over further health system decline in northwestern Syria

With the first people diagnosed with the new coronavirus in northwestern Syria in early July, MSF is concerned over the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the already-depleted healthcare system in the region. Project Update - 21 Jul 2020

Philippines

Displaced communities in Marawi living with COVID-19 and ongoing uncertainty

Around 120,000 people in Marawi, in the south of the Philippines, are still displaced following a siege by IS-related groups in 2017. The community lockdown in the Philippines caused by COVID-19 has complicated lives further. Project Update - 17 Jul 2020

The road is cut in half by a shallows which is completely impassable when it rains. The drop in water level has allowed the displaced to cross with the kits they received.

Burkina Faso

Displaced in Burkina Faso face extra challenges amid increasing violence and rain

Nearly one million people are displaced in Burkina Faso, a result of increasing levels of violence. With the onset of the rainy season, the displaced are even more vulnerable to diseases. Project Update - 16 Jul 2020

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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All people in Moria camp must be evacuated to safety in wake of destructive fire