After a week of unrest in South Africa, people are still feeling the effects of violence with many vulnerable communities reporting difficulties in accessing food and healthcare. Project Update - 23 Jul 2021

Augusta, Italy, 12-21/07.- MSF teams on board search and rescue ship, Geo Barents, in the process of rectifying the deficiencies identified by Italian port authorities. Furthermore, the teams are doing maintenance of the equipment used in our lifesaving operations to be ready to go back at sea.

Geo Barents in the port of Augusta. Augusta, 13.07.21

Mediterranean migration

MSF requests the revocation of the Geo Barents’ detention

On 23 July MSF officially requested the release of its ship the Geo Barents from three weeks of detention after having responded to all requests made by the Italian Maritime Authority, which on 2 July identified 22 deficiencies leading to the administrative detention of the vessel Voices from the Field - 23 Jul 2021

France walks out of the MSF’s SICA hospital on 22 January 2021 after completing her inpatient treatment. She will continue to receive outpatient care and come back regularly to the MSF SICA’s Hospital for wound dressing, physiotherapy sessions and more.

France Beldo, 31, was wounded on 13 January 2021 attack in the outskirts of Bangui, Central African Republic.

While at home in Damala neighbourhood, close to the fighting, a stray bullet hit her hand, chest and shoulder, without damaging an important organ.

Central African Republic

Repeated attacks on medical care leave people vulnerable to disease and death

Six months of continual attacks on healthcare facilities and staff in Central African Republic have left people vulnerable as MSF and other organisations are forced to scale back services. Press Release - 19 Jul 2021

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South Sudan

South Sudan at 10: an MSF record of the consequences of violence

A new Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) report, South Sudan at 10: an MSF record of the consequences of violence, offers a consolidated account of our experience in South Sudan since 9 July 2011. Report - 16 Jul 2021

South Sudan

South Sudan: 10 years of independence, violence, disease and dire needs

After 10 years of independence, South Sudan – the youngest country in the world – has experienced civil war, bloodshed and disease, and remains in dire need of humanitarian support.

Project Update - 16 Jul 2021

Victims of sexual violence waiting for the interview

Democratic Republic of Congo

Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: The critical need for a comprehensive response to address the needs of survivors. Report - 15 Jul 2021

Salamabila Hospital (gynecology – maternity building)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of survivors of sexual violence in serious need of care in DRC

A report from MSF shows that thousands of survivors of sexual violence, including children, are in serious need of physical and psychological care in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press Release - 15 Jul 2021

Child receiving shot of measles vaccine.

Somalia

Increasing vaccination against measles in Lower Juba could prevent thousands of deaths

Measles remains highly prevalent in most parts of Somalia. In May 2021, MSF launched a measles vaccination pop up campaign for children in Dhobley town, Lower Juba region.
Project Update - 14 Jul 2021

Outpatient department of MSF’s Tabarre trauma hospital. Patients that are once discharged from hospitalization still come to the hospital for follow-up appointments, such as for wound care and for physiotherapy sessions. The outpatient department receives approximately 80 patients per day with a majority arriving on Mondays and Fridays since there no appointments taken in on weekends.
“Orthopedic patients have a long rehabilitation process. Unfortunately due to the security situation in the city and the country we have patients who don’t come to their follow-up appointments for up to two months. Some people come from the countryside which makes it challenging for them to reach Tabarre. But if they come late the risk for their wounds to be infected is huge. This is also true for many of our colleagues that need to cross dangerous neighborhoods in order to come to work.”
— Roussena Rouzard, outpatient department head nurse, MSF

Haiti

Four questions on the tumultuous situation in Haiti

Ongoing armed clashes and displacement across Port-au-Prince, have led Haiti to a profound crisis for many months, limiting the population's access to healthcare as staff and patients have no assurance of reaching health facilities safely. Interview - 14 Jul 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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