Here are eight things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis, its effect on people on the move, and how MSF is responding. Project Update - 31 Dec 2021

MSF medical staff puts on PPE before entering the MSF COVID-19 ward at Yangon’s Aung San Tuberculosis Hospital on 16 August 2021 to treat patients affected by Myanmar’s third wave of the pandemic.

Myanmar

Responding to COVID-19 during political crisis in Myanmar

Political turmoil shook Myanmar and the COVID-19 pandemic brought the healthcare system to its knees - our teams look back at the successes and failures of our response to the pandemic. Voices from the Field - 30 Dec 2021

Cameroon

MSF statement following incident at Nguti checkpoint

MSF must be given access to provide healthcare for people in need - hindering and obstructing our work puts patients’ lives at risk. Statement - 27 Dec 2021

BOA VISTA, RORAIMA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA, 01.07.96 MSF staff ride out into the country.

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MSF at 50 – half a century of medical humanitarian action

22 December 2021 marks 50 years since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was formally started as an organisation. This collection of images reflects on half a century of our work. Photo Story - 22 Dec 2021

Sudan

MSF leaves legacy of community hospital in White Nile state

Seven years after launching an emergency response for South Sudanese refugees and local communities in Sudan’s White Nile state, we are handing over activities to the Ministry of Health. Project Update - 21 Dec 2021

Image of a destroyed ambulance of the health centre in Muatide, in the district of Muidumbe in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Mozambique

"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence

Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - our teams continue to treat people in need of medical attention while on the move. Interview - 21 Dec 2021

Speaking Out videos: The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997

Speaking Out videos: The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997 - 21 Dec 2021

Dr. Théo (phile) has done countless interventions with the emergency pool of MSF Congo in the most remote areas of the country. He’s a man of experience, he has seen all kind of epidemics: measles, cholera, yellow fever, … but this time it’s his first Ebola intervention. “It’s interesting that after all this years of experience I’m all of a sudden a bit of a rookie again. But I’m learning so much here.”

DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's thirteenth Ebola outbreak

On 8 October 2021, DRC declared an outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu province, which was the country’s thirteenth in just over 40 years, and the fifth in the last two years. Crisis Update - 20 Dec 2021

Someone shows a bullet that landed on France's property in Damala, a neighbourhood parallel to the road where the fighting happened on 13 January 2021.

France Beldo, 31, was wounded during this clash between rebel groups and the national forces supported by their international allies on the outskirts of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

Another bullet is still lodged in her shoulder. France says: "We cannot stay in such violence all the time, with the sounds of guns. Fear is winning people over. We cannot go out, if we do, we are always fearful."

Central African Republic

A visual journey through a year of renewed violence in an old conflict

We take a visual journey through a photo essay detailing the struggles of people in CAR and how our teams support those with myriad needs through medical care. Project Update - 17 Dec 2021

An MSF staff member inspects equipment in a ward for women to receive care following c-sections, Khost maternity hospital

Afghanistan

A hospital of women, for women: Preserving maternity care in Khost

Babies are still being born in Afghanistan despite the political upheaval - at MSF's hospital in Khost we continue to ensure women have a safe place to give birth. Project Update - 16 Dec 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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8 things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis