People, medical facilities hit during violence in southern CAR

Post-election violence in Central African Republic is continuing to have an impact on people, this time in the southern city of Bambari, when people and medical facilities were hit with bullets. Project Update - 22 Feb 2021

Tsgay , 35 year old woman and daughter Dalina , 4 year old temoignage:

She shared with MSF teams: “The food that we eat doesn’t contain any nutrients, but we have no option, we have to eat it in order to survive.”

“When we fled from Tigray we had some money. We used to buy sorghum from the market. Now we spent [all our money]. Now we are forced to take the wet portage and mix it with the little amount of flour we have and use it to make injera.”

Ethiopia Tigray crisis

For refugees in Hamdayet, Sudan, “everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired”

More than 61,000 people, fleeing violence in Ethiopia, have registered as refugees in Sudan. Those stuck in the border town of Hamdayet are barely having their basic needs met. Project Update - 19 Feb 2021

A COVID-19 patient receiving oxygen therapy while admitted at the MSF run inpatient ward of the Al-Shifaa 13 COVID-19 ward in Al-Kindi Hospital, Baghdad. MSF nurses checking up on the condition of the patient and giving instructions to the caretaker about how to support the patient -her mother- and assist her.

Iraq

Severe COVID-19 patients in Iraq “were almost sure to die”

MSF teams in Iraq have been treating people with coronavirus in Baghdad, with many arriving too sick to be saved. Since opening a dedicated COVID-19 ward, things have improved, but MSF remains worried about the situation. Project Update - 16 Feb 2021

Abdul Sami “Roshanfar”, medical doctor and Ayatullah Khalili, nurse assistant, performing a routine check on a COVID-19 patient in MSF’s COVID-19 Treatment Centre in Gazer Ga, Herat.

Afghanistan

Keeping an eye on COVID-19 cases in Herat, Afghanistan

Among low levels of awareness of COVID-19 in Herat, Afghanistan, MSF teams are treating patients with the disease in our treatment centre, while keeping a close eye on case numbers. Project Update - 12 Feb 2021

Emergency department of the District Headquarter (DHQ) Hospital in Timergara.
To improve day-to-day patient care in the emergency department, MSF has implemented a routine triage system. Upon arrival, every patient receives an initial screening, where staff measure blood pressure, heart rate, and clinical conditions, to help prioritise patients’medical needs.

MSF has been working the DHQ Hospital in Timergara, Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, in northwestern part of Pakistan since 2009. MSF provides emergency care, emergency surgeries, post-operative care, as well as mother-and-child health care in the hospital.

Pakistan

After 12 years of support, MSF hands last hospital activities over in Timergara, Pakistan

After more than 12 years of providing support, including emergency room and maternity services, MSF hands over the last of our activities in Timergara district hospital, Pakistan. Project Update - 8 Feb 2021

Drucille eating porridge in Paoua Hospital. In addition to her treatment, Drucille also needs to follow a very strict low sugar diet. « I do not drink juices and sweetened coffee and I do not eat biscuits and sweets. If there is too much sugar in the mush, I cannot eat it either. Even bananas are dangerous. I can only eat bitter and sour food. I cannot touch sweet things » said Drucille.

In Paoua, a city of the Central African Republic (CAR) close to the border with Chad and Cameroon and home to 17,000 inhabitants, MSF team has built a special bond with Drucille, a nine year old girl who has spent most of her days at the MSF-supported hospital over the past six years. Drucille has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and needs daily treatment. She is a patient followed up by the clinic for chronic diseases set up by MSF in partnership with local health authorities at Paoua hospital.

Non-communicable diseases

No fridge, no problem, to store insulin for people with diabetes

An MSF study has found that some insulin can be stored in temperatures of up to 37C for up to four weeks, changing lives for those with diabetes without access to refridgeration. Project Update - 5 Feb 2021

Cameroon

Healthcare in the community, by the community in Cameroon

With conflict and insecurity a feature of life in South-West Cameroon, MSF teams have found ways to ensure local communities can access medical care - by training them to give aid. Project Update - 4 Feb 2021

The influx of these extremely vulnerable internally displaced people (IDPs) has exacerbated existing inequalities in Katasomwa, in the Kalehe Territory of South Kivu, in the eastern side of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tensions between communities are materializing in the form of difficulty in accessing food resources and education, particularly for the displaced and local nomadic Pygmy communities.

Democratic Republic of Congo

South Kivu: An endless flight

Unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced thousands to flee their homes. Many are in remote and under-resourced areas of South Kivu. Project Update - 28 Jan 2021

Central African Republic

Displaced people in Bouar living amid fear and growing needs

People in Bouar, in western Central African Republic (CAR), have been living in fear since an uptick in violence, forcing many to become displaced to areas that lack sanitation and access to healthcare. Project Update - 26 Jan 2021

MSF’s Mental Health Supervisor is checking on patients who are visiting our Kutupalong facility to have mental health support.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Relocations, reduced services leave Rohingya communities at breaking point in Bangladesh

Unable to work, Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, rely on aid for survival; but services have been scaled back due to COVID-19, and with many being relocated, leaving people anxious and stressed. Project Update - 21 Jan 2021

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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