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 *** Local Caption *** Since the on-start of the conflict in South Sudan, mid-December 2013, according to the UNCHR, more than 1,400,000 persons have been internally displaced and more than 450,000 would have sought refuge in the neighboring countries, amongst which 190,000 in Gambella region, western Ethiopia. The rainy season has temporarily slowed the stream of people arriving into the camps. The rate of new arrivals has slowed down in the last several months, from 1000 new arrivals per day in February to approximately 100 per week today. However UNHCR forecast expected an additional of 110,000 new arrivals in 2015 with restarting of the fighting in South Sudan during the dry season.<br/>
The current refugee population in Gambella region remains in a critical situation and additional population influxes could further destabilize an already difficult situation. In order to reduce child mortality, MSF is carrying out vaccination campaign targeting 50,000 children for PCV / vaccine and  26,000 children for DPT- Hib-HepB vaccine.<br/>
This vaccination campaign is a challenge due to logistical constraints (cold chain, waste management, transport, access, etc.) and the 2 doses minimum required for effective protection.<br/>
Extended preventive package in emergency situations is a major issue. New preventive strategy, including vaccination, could improve more rapidly the mortality and burden of diseases in acute phase of emergencies. This intervention is an example showing that is possible to extend the vaccination package in emergency situation and should be a first step to review current policy.
Ethiopia

MSF broadens vaccination package for South Sudanese refugees

MSF teams in Gamballa expanding the vaccine package being provided to South Sudanese refugees to include PCV (Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) and Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type B) in order to reduce child mortality. Project Update - 5 May 2015
 
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Nepal

“Some villages are 80-100 percent destroyed. It was beyond my expectations.”

Anne Kluijtmans, an MSF nurse from Holland, was on holiday in Nepal when the earthquake struck on Saturday 25 April. She quickly joined the MSF teams who had arrived in the country to respond. Project Update - 5 May 2015
 
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Nepal

MSF sending teams and supplies to Nepal

MSF sent teams of medical and non-medical staff to Nepal to assist those affected by the earthquake. The teams left yesterday from Brussels (Belgium) and Bihar state in India, Project Update - 27 Apr 2015
 
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South Sudan

Fighting in Malakal town increases fear and tension in the civilian population in Upper Nile

Fresh fighting that took place last night and this morning, 22 April 2015 in Malakal town between armed groups, has led to further displacement of about 900 people to the Protection of Civilian (PoC) site. Project Update - 22 Apr 2015
 
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More about MSF's work with refugees and migrants

More than 41 million people are currently fleeing conflict or persecution around the world. Project Update - 20 Apr 2015
 
Ansongo hospital, Gao region, in northern Mali. MSF started working in Ansongo in September 2012, nine months after the conflict broke out in the north of the country between the security forces and Tuareg and Islamist groups. Currently, MSF is working at the Ansongo referral hospital, a 31-bed facility, where the organisation carries out OPD, IPD, ANC consultations and assist deliveries.
Mali

MSF assists five children injured in suicide attack near Ansongo

MSF team deployed to area after suicide bomber attacked UN camp on the outskirts of Ansongo town, killing three civilians and wounding 16 people. Project Update - 17 Apr 2015
 
Driving with the equipment from the Liberian shore to Foya where MSF is running a Ebola care center.
Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Tackling the epidemic across country borders

MSF is working along the porous border between Guinea and Sierra Leone to improve the cross-border cooperation in the region. Project Update - 16 Apr 2015
 
People wait for a consultation at MSF’s survivor clinic in Freetown
Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Surviving Survival - Life after recovery

Dr Maria Barstch spends her days in the small house that serves as MSF’s Ebola survivor clinic in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Project Update - 13 Apr 2015
 
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Nigeria

An estimated 6,000 new IDPs are living in very precarious situation in Maiduguri

New camp currently has no latrines, no water on site and insufficient shelter. Project Update - 31 Mar 2015
 
5-year-old Umeda has MDR-TB. Here she holds up her star chart. She gets a sticker every time she takes her medicine properly. Treating young children with MDR-TB can be very difficult and incentives like these are used to help them take the drugs they need during their treatment.
Tuberculosis

Ready, set, slow down: New and promising DR-TB drugs are grabbing headlines but not reaching patients

Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide have been able to access the two new TB drugs – just a fraction of those who desperately need them. Project Update - 23 Mar 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.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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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