MSF Asia Pacific - 1 Dec 2021

Sarah*: Patiente VIH Habitante Kinshasa

Je suis arrivée ici en juillet, dans un état critique, j’étais inconsciente. Je n’avais même pas d’argent et Je ne pensais plus retrouver l’état de santé que j’ai présentement.
Avant mon admission ici, j’ignorais mon état sérologique. C'est après les examens ici à l'hôpital de Luyindu qu'on m'a informé que j’étais séropositive. Depuis, …J’ai été abandonnée par ma mère, en même temps mon mari est aussi parti. On l’a informé que j’étais séropositive. J’ai même été chassée de la maison familiale. Je vis actuellement dans une paroisse. …Heureusement pour moi, depuis le premier jour les médecins m’encouragent à bien suivre le traitement.J’ai reçu un bon traitement. Je garde espoir de retrouver toutes mes capacités, et la force de reprendre mes activités. L’accès aux soins et le suivi sont devenus faciles pour nous, du fait que les soins sont cette fois près de chez nous. Plus question de dépenser les frais de transport comme avant. C’est très bien pour nous qui vivons aux environs ici.

HIV/AIDS

DRC: People are still dying unnecessarily from HIV

Nearly half a million people are living with HIV in the DRC and thousands are dying unnecessarily - faced with this reality, we are strengthening the provision of HIV care in Kinshasa. Project Update - 1 Dec 2021

Patient A. Prun Kumar receives a vaccination at the Chakpikarong MSF clinic. MSF started providing specialised care for HIV and TB in Manipur in 2005 and 2007, respectively. At its three clinics in Chakpikarong, Churachandpur and Moreh, MSF provides screening, diagnosis and treatment for HIV, TB, Hepatitis C and co-infections. MSF, which is the only international NGO in Manipur, has put a patient-focused model of care at the heart of its operations in order to improve outcomes and minimise the spread of the diseases.

World AIDS Day

Why are people living with HIV still dying of AIDS?

It is unacceptable that people living with HIV are still dying because the tests, treatment and care for life-threatening infections are not available. Opinion - 1 Dec 2021

The inpatient ward in Al-Wahda hospital in Mosul when it was a COVID-19 treatment and isolation center

World Health Assembly

Pandemic preparedness and response: some lessons learnt

MSF shares lessons learned from decades of responding to outbreaks with WHO for a more people-centered approach to pandemic preparedness and response. Statement - 30 Nov 2021

On the road between the general referral hospital in the Nizi area and the health centre in Luchay supported by an MSF nurse.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Insecurity leaves people deprived of basic medical care in Ituri province

People in parts of Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are without access to basic medical care following MSF's withdrawal in the wake of an attack on our staff. Press Release - 26 Nov 2021

Ali, 7 years old, and his 18 year-old brother, are looking at the Italian Coast Guard disembarking survivors in Messina Port, Sicily, while waiting for their turn, on November 19, 2021.

*Names were changed to protect their identity

Mediterranean migration

The father who faced the sea so his sons might go to school

Following the response of MSF's search and rescue ship, the Geo Barents, to a boat's distress call, after which 99 people were rescued and 10 tragically died in the Mediterranean, a father recounts his ordeal in escaping Libya - and the sea. Voices from the Field - 26 Nov 2021

Annette Souffrant and her three children talk to MSF Medical Doctor, Cupidon Priscille, in Parc Celtique displaced persons camp in Solino, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
"I brought my three children for a consultation. MSF gives us medicines and takes care of us. MSF also gives us soap so we can wash our clothes and bathe."

Haiti

Thousands stranded and exposed as insecurity worsens in Port-au-Prince

As the political and economic crisis in Haiti worsens thousands of people have been displaced while hundreds have been injured by the violence in the capital. Project Update - 24 Nov 2021

Tents of displaced families. /

Tentes de familles déplacées.

Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare. Project Update - 23 Nov 2021

South Sudan

Lacklustre humanitarian response leaves people dangerously exposed in Bentiu floods

Humanitarian agencies, the UN and the South Sudanese government must urgently scale up their response to devastating floods which have left thousands displaced. Press Release - 23 Nov 2021

Humanitarian aid needs courageous people who act decisively and humanely despite adverse circumstances in the crisis areas of this world.

Iraq

Mosul: A city recovering from war

It's been four years since the battle to retake Mosul, Iraq. Although the devastating effects of the conflict are still visible, there is also hope in Mosul’s people. Voices from the Field - 19 Nov 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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