Eyad, 22, describes how he was shot in the leg during the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations in Gaza on 14 May, his treatment since and his hopes for the future. Voices from the Field - 2 Oct 2018

Yemen

MSF suspends activities after attack in Ad Dhale

MSF strongly condemns attacks against its staff and asks for protection for humanitarian workers and patients. Statement - 2 Oct 2018

Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF medical referent in Gaza

Palestine

“Nothing can prepare you for this”

Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb, MSF medical referent in Gaza, describes the shocking volume of wounded arriving from the fence over the last six months and their bleak long-term prospects. Voices from the Field - 2 Oct 2018

A child walks on an elevated foot path reinforced by sandbags in the Unchiprang camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – September 2018

September 2018 update on activities in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, providing care for Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar. Crisis Update - 1 Oct 2018

Central Mediterranean – 23 September, 2018 – Over the past 72 hours, Aquarius assisted two boats in distress and now has more than 60 survivors on board, several of whom are psychologically distressed and fatigued from their journeys at sea and experiences in Libya.
SOS Mediterrannee and MSF are reeling from the announcement by the Panama Maritime Authority it has been forced to revoke the registration of the Aquarius under blatant economic and political pressure from the Italian government.
“Five years after the Lampedusa tragedy, when European leaders said ‘never again’ and Italy launched its first large scale search and rescue operation, people are still risking their lives to escape from Libya . News from the Panama Maritime Authority arrived to the Aquarius while its teams were engaged in an active search and rescue operation in the Central Mediterranean.

Mediterranean migration

Italian government pressures Panama to stop Aquarius rescues on world's deadliest maritime route

SOS MEDITERRANEE and MSF demand that European governments allow the Aquarius to continue its rescue mission. Press Release - 23 Sep 2018

Thousands of people seeking safety after fleeing countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, and Congo continue to risk their lives to reach Europe. Those who try to arrive via Turkey and the Aegean Sea have been trapped for an indefinite period of time on islands in Greece as part of the EU/Turkey deal and its deterrence and containment approach.
In Moria refugee camp, on Lesbos island, there are currently more than 7,500 people in a camp made for a maximum of 2,500. With the camp so full, refugees are now staying in an informal extension of the camp known as Olive Grove. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health.
Médecins Sans Frontières teams provide medical and mental health support outside Moria camp and run a clinic for severe mental health cases in Mytilene, the capital of the island.

Greece

“It is difficult to believe this is Europe”

http://blogs.msf.org - 21 Sep 2018

Banywich Bone, 18 ans, was reffered to Agok From Mayom, where MSF runs a primary health center. He was bitten by a snake three years ago, while he was sleeping at home. When he arrived in the hospital, he presented an infected wound for which doctors blame the snake bite. His left leg had necrotic tissus and pain, the wound was infected and MSF surgeon had to amputate the leg above the knee.

Snakebite

Time to strike back at snakebite and end the antivenom access crisis

Every year, an estimated 2.7 million people are bitten by venomous snakes, resulting in death for more than 100,000 people. Although effective treatment exists for snakebite envenoming, the vast majority of people aren’t able to access it. Report - 19 Sep 2018

Bangassou – 8.8.2017

Surgery ward of Bangassou hospital.

Central African Republic

“We simply can’t let these people down. But we remain vigilant”: MSF returns to Bangassou

In 2017 a series of security incidents forced MSF to evacuate our team from Bangassou, CAR, and suspend activities in the area. In April 2018, our team returned to the city. Interview - 18 Sep 2018

Chechnya, Russian Federation. T., 31, a mother of two, is an XDR TB patient. She doesn’t tolerate the treatment well, but is committed to complete it for the sake of her 5 year old daughter and 2 year old son. ‘When I heard the treatment was two years - I thought then: two years, no, I cannot stand it. And now just seven months left, time passes. I just know that I have to take the medicines, so I do it. I do not tolerate them well. When I was hospitalised my boy was three months old. Then I found out how many people are ill with TB, and I learned how good these people in the hospital were. At first it was difficult, then my strength started to come back. We all had a common misfortune there, and everyone understood each other well’.

Tuberculosis

Open Letter to J&J: Calling for affordable access to critical TB drug bedaquiline

MSF sent an open letter to Johnson & Johnson urging the pharmaceutical corporation to take action so that countries can access an affordable and sustainable supply of the critical drug bedaquiline, used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). msfaccess.org - 17 Sep 2018

DRC Ebola outbreaks

With a new Ebola outbreak, we knew we had to act fast

An experienced nurse, Patient Muhindo Kamavu was one of four MSF nurses who were the first on the ground, alongside the Ministry of Health, to respond to the Ebola outbreak declared on 1 August in Mangina, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Voices from the Field - 13 Sep 2018

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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