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.

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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.

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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.

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Wire fence on the Polish-Belarusian Border. Krynki, Podlaskie region, Poland.

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Poland-Belarus border crisis: “We don’t want people to die in the forest”

As aid organisations are prohibited from accessing people stuck in extreme conditions at the Poland-Belarus border, we hear from the Polish civil society helping those trapped in the forest. Voices from the Field - 3 Feb 2022

In front of the health promoters' tent. Every Thursday, health promotion teams organise activities to help mothers and Children to cope with their situation. This Thursday, health promoters organised cooking workshop in order to create a collective moment preparing Moringa and Tourteau mind laugh and singing.

Niger

Working with the community to counter malaria and malnutrition

In 2018, 850 children were arriving at our paediatric ward in southern Niger every week, but with a new community-led approach to combat malaria and malnutrition, hospitalisations have dropped. Project Update - 3 Feb 2022

A group of migrants and refugees gathered together in a shared dwelling in Libya in August 2021.
One of them has mobility problems, which prevents him from working.

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Italy-Libya agreement: Five years of EU-sponsored abuse in Libya and the central Mediterranean

We urge the Italian government and EU to end all support for the system of returning migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to Libya and detaining them there. Project Update - 2 Feb 2022

Jordan

MSF brings down the curtain on one of its largest interventions in the country

After nearly 10 years of responding to the myriad needs of Syrian refugees, from non-communicable diseases and war trauma surgery to COVID-19, we end our intervention in north Jordan. Project Update - 31 Jan 2022

Salamata, has been living for more than two years with her husband, children and nearly 2,000 other people in the camp at the edge of the town of Barsalogho, north central region, Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso

Four things to know about the crisis in Burkina Faso

With months of violent tension in Burkina Faso culminating in military takeover on Monday 24 January, people are paying the price - here are four key things to know about the current crisis. Project Update - 28 Jan 2022

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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