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A worker shows the mercury-gold amalgam at the Bagega gold processing site. The sand containing the gold has been added to a bowl that also contains mercury. The mercury attracts the gold and both elements are combined, extracting the gold from the sand and stones and elements, like lead. This then goes into a small cloth, and any moisture in the mercury-gold combination gets squeezed out. Leaving a neat ball of mercury and gold. After this the mercury will be burned, and what is left is gold.
Nigeria

Prevention is key to stop children from dying of lead poisoning

Almost 12 years after our teams first started intervening in the area, MSF has handed over its lead poisoning project to state authorities as no more children are dying of lead poisoning in Zamfara. Project Update - 7 Feb 2022
 
The most recent drugs used to tackle DR TB were strong antibiotics developed in the 1940s, and the combination of pills, powders and injections frequently have severe mental and physical side effects.
Quality Assurance

MSF Medical Product Qualification Processes

msf.org - 7 Feb 2022
 
A child suffering from malnutrition eats Plumpynut at MSF's Pibor clinic in South Sudan.

At the time of this photo, the immediate region was in the throes of a particularly harsh hunger gap.
Quality Assurance

MSF Qualification Process for Specialised Food

msf.org - 4 Feb 2022
 
MSF worker performs medicines control within the pharmacy that supplies medicines to hospitalized patients in the COVID-19 unit operated by MSF in collaboration with Pérez de León II Hospital in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Un miembro del personal de MSF realiza el control de inventario dentro de la farmacia que suministra medicamentos a los pacientes hospitalizados de la unidad COVID-19 que opera MSF en conjunto con el Hospital Pérez de León II en Caracas, Venezuela.
Quality Assurance

MSF Qualification Process for Medicines

msf.org - 4 Feb 2022
 
A man and woman carry a set of relief items distributed by an MSF team for newly arrived displaced people at the resettlement site of Eduardo Mondlane, in the town of Mueda, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
Mozambique

Attacks and violence in Cabo Delgado displace thousands as cyclone season begins

As continued conflict forces thousands of people from their homes, cyclones and heavy rains further threaten an already extremely vulnerable people in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Project Update - 4 Feb 2022
 
In 2022, MSF open a biosafety level 3 laboratory in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, for the testing of mycobacterium tuberculosis. In November 2023, MSF handed over the laboratory to the Ukraine Ministry of Health.

The mycobacterium tuberculosis culture is tested against different antibiotics in the laboratory. Wearing protection is mandatory for workers during this procedure.
Quality Assurance

MSF Medical Product Qualification Processes

MSF Qualification Scheme
 
On the 01st of June 2018, 390 vaccines arrived frozen to Bikoro.

The logistics of this cold chain are extremely complex: The vaccine must be maintained at certain temperatures. Long-term storage at between -60 and -80°C and short-term storage at 2–8°C for up to 14 days after thawing.
Medical resource

MSF Quality Assurance

MSF has set up its own procurement centres, which are in charge of the purchase, storage and shipment of drugs, vaccines, specialised food items, laboratory reagents and equipments, medical material and equipments and all the goods necessary for MSF to carry out its missions MSF medical resource - 3 Feb 2022
 
With MSF teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Epicentre is conducting a study to assess the impact of preventive cholera vaccination campaigns and the spread of the disease. Seroprevalence surveys conducted in Goma and Bukama determine the incidence of cholera in the general population. In September 2022, the second survey of the study took place in the rural site of Bukama. 
This is a real-world study to compare areas that have been vaccinated with those that have not. The process must be representative: the villages where the investigators are sent are determined from a random GPS location. Blood samples are then taken and tested for the presence of antibodies to Vibrio Cholerae. 
The study also includes surveillance of cases in Goma and Bukama and an assessment of vaccine coverage with in-depth interviews to understand what motivates or hinders people to be vaccinated. 


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Choléra : une étude pour évaluer les campagnes de vaccination préventives en RDC


Avec les équipes de MSF en République Démocratique du Congo, Epicentre mène une étude pour évaluer l’impact des campagnes de vaccination préventive contre le choléra et la propagation de la maladie. Des enquêtes de séroprévalence menées à Goma et à Bukama permettent de déterminer l’incidence du choléra dans la population générale. En septembre 2022 a eu lieu la 2e enquête de l’étude dans le site rural de Bukama. 
C’est une étude en condition réelle qui vise à comparer les zones qui ont été vaccinées de celles qui ne l’ont pas été. Ce processus doit être représentatif : les villages où les enquêteurs sont envoyés, sont déterminés à partir d’une localisation GPS au hasard. Ensuite des prélèvements sanguins sont effectués afin d’être analysés afin de recherche la présence d’anticorps anti-Vibrio Cholerae. 
L’étude comporte aussi une surveillance des cas à Goma et Bukama et une évaluation de la couverture vaccinales avec des entretiens approfondis pour comprendre ce qui pousse ou freine les personnes à se faire vacciner.
Quality Assurance

MSF Quality Assurance linked to procurement of Medical Products

MSF has set up its own procurement centres, which are in charge of the purchase, storage and shipment of drugs, vaccines, specialised food items, laboratory reagents and equipments, medical material and equipments and all the goods necessary for MSF to carry out its missions
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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