More than 800 war-wounded treated at MSF clinics across the country

Since 19 March more than 800 war-wounded people have received emergency treatment in Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) projects across Yemen. Crisis Update - 10 Apr 2015

Yemen

“Every day we are getting calls from patients in a critical condition who cannot reach our hospitals”

"Every day we are getting calls from patients in a critical condition who cannot reach our hospitals." Voices from the Field - 10 Apr 2015

Central African Republic

MSF suspends part of its activities in Kabo after an attack on its facilities

Two unidentified gunmen took advantage of the afternoon’s heavy rainfall to launch a violent attack on the MSF complex Press Release - 9 Apr 2015

Yemen

MSF medical supplies and team reach Aden, but more needed

Sana’a – The first boat organised by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carrying 1.7 tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies for the MSF hospital in Aden successfully docked in the city today. Press Release - 8 Apr 2015

Brima Vandi, MSF nurse from Sierra Leone. He was part of the MSF team that worked on rehabilitating and supporting the Bor State hospital in June 2014.
When violence started to spread in South Sudan in December 2013, Bor was one of the first towns to be hit. During December and January the town shifted hands several times between government and opposition forces, and 70,000 civilians from Bor took refuge in camps within South Sudan or in neighbouring countries. The State hospital was ransacked and all the staff and patients fled. He says: "It’s their hospital, not ours. I felt I was doing what I came here to do – to support, to let people know what to do and then train them in giving quality medical service."

South Sudan

Restoring a ransacked hospital

MSF nurse supervisor Brima Vandi's recounts the restoration of Bor's abandoned hospital Voices from the Field - 8 Apr 2015

Since the clashes erupted in Aden on the 19th of March between forces loyal to president Hadi and special security forces - a rebel unit loyal to the former president Saleh - the conflict intensified in Aden and other areas in the South of Yemen, including Ad-Dhale', Lawdar and Lahj. MSF emergency surgical unit received more than 600 patients from March 19 until April 5, but it is more and more difficult for wounded to reach the hospital as roads are often blocked and ambulances stopped, attacked and highjacked.

Depuis que les combats ont éclaté le jeudi 19 mars à Aden entre les forces fidèles au président Hadi et les forces spéciales de sécurité,une unité rebelle fidèle à l'ancien président Saleh, le conflit s'est intensifié à Aden ainsi que dans d'autres zones du sud du Yémen, y compris à Ad-Dhale', Lawdar et Lahj. L'unité chirurgicale d'urgence de MSF d'Aden a reçu plus de 600 patients entre le 19 mars et le 5 avril, mais les blessés ont de plus de plus de difficultés à atteindre l'hôpital, les routes étant souvent bloquées et les ambulances attaquées, confisquées ou braquées.

Yemen

‘We are on lockdown inside the hospital’

Published in the Guardian: Valerie Pierre is working with Médecins Sans Frontières in the city of Aden, which has seen heavy fighting and air strikes in recent weeks In the Media - 7 Apr 2015

Kenya

“A sadness has descended” in Garissa

What an MSF doctor witnessed when his team responded to the attack on Garissa University Voices from the Field - 4 Apr 2015

Kenya

MSF medical team helps treat more than 70 wounded in Garissa University attack

Treating survivors for gunshot and blast wounds, and cut injuries from shattered glass during their escape. Also providing care at Garissa airport, where hundreds of evacuated students spent the night. Press Release - 3 Apr 2015

Casey O’Connor, Project Coordinator in Lankien March 2015

South Sudan

Stranded in the surgical ward

MSF has been trying to adapt to a new reality in South Sudan. It has shifted from addressing the huge medical needs of a people with generally no access to healthcare, to addressing the huge medical needs of people trapped in an armed conflict. Voices from the Field - 1 Apr 2015

Yemen

Badly needed medical supplies and health personnel unable to reach conflict affected areas of Yemen

Closure of all international airports in Sana’a, Aden and Hodeida, and heavy restrictions on the seaports, are hampering the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Press Release - 31 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.

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More than 800 war-wounded treated at MSF clinics across the country

“Every day we are getting calls from patients in a critical condition who cannot reach our hospitals”

MSF suspends part of its activities in Kabo after an attack on its facilities

MSF medical supplies and team reach Aden, but more needed

Restoring a ransacked hospital

‘We are on lockdown inside the hospital’

“A sadness has descended” in Garissa

MSF medical team helps treat more than 70 wounded in Garissa University attack

Stranded in the surgical ward

Badly needed medical supplies and health personnel unable to reach conflict affected areas of Yemen

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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