Hani Mohammed Almajdalawi worked as a nurse at one of MSF’s post-operative clinics in Gaza since 2014. MSF representatives have met with Israeli authorities but have not yet received information clarifying the circumstances surrounding Hani's death on 20 August 2018. Statement - 29 Aug 2018

Mali

“People arrived exhausted; they ran out of water and food during the journey”

MSF provides emergency medical care after an attack on Tindinbawen village, Ansongo district, in northern Mali. Project Update - 27 Aug 2018

Water pools flowing the first thunderstorms of this year’s monsoon limit movements and access in the Rohingya refugee camp.

Rohingya refugee crisis

One year on, Rohingya refugees live in dire camps, facing an uncertain future and legal limbo

One year since over 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, denial of their legal status and unacceptable living conditions continue to trap refugees in suffering and poor health. Project Update - 24 Aug 2018

A view of the Kedida health center and of the IDP settlement around it.

Ethiopia

Nearly one million displaced people in urgent need of assistance

MSF has launched an emergency response to a recent surge in intercommunal violence that has displaced over 900,000 people between Gedeo and West Guji zones in southern Ethiopia. Project Update - 23 Aug 2018

Tun Tun Oo, 40, from Myammar, inside the MSF's Insein clinic in Yangon, Myanmar.

Tun Tun Oo is 40 years old from Hlaing Tharyar. In 2017, he felt severely sick and his body temperature was very low. He went to another hospital where he discovered he had cholera, HIV, and MDR-TB. They treated him for cholera at the hospital, and then referred him to MSF clinic to receive treatment for HIV and TB. At the MSF clinic, the doctors took tests to see which drugs would be the most effective to treat his MDR-TB, and then put him on a treatment regiment that included Bedaquiline. He started to feel dramatically better after one month of treatment. After 5 months of treatment, he was able to have enough strength to go back to work as a street vendor selling dried fish and fish paste.

Currently, he lives with his son who is 5 and a half years old. His wife and their three other children live together in a separate home. She wants him to come back, but he is having a hard time with the decision because he struggles to afford rent (MSF doctor has helped him pay rent the last 2 months). At times, he feels really upset that he didn't get a better life. Both his parents died when he was a child, and he had to take care of himself growing up. Because he grew up alone, he wishes to one day be able to afford a home where his whole family can eat around the dining table together. He knows that he has to complete his treatment so that he can start saving money and take care of his family. His son encourages him to complete the treatment plan so that "we can have more snacks to eat!"

He was excited to speak with MSF about his experience, because he "doesn't want other people to end up like him." He shares his experience with his friends and neighbours, but many do not want to speak to him. He encourages people to get tested and lets them know they can get treatment at MSF. He hopes one that that his wife and kids will come and get tested, too.

Tuberculosis

Improved treatment options recommended by the World Health Organization

MSF calls on Johnson & Johnson to make key drug bedaquiline affordable for all people who need it Press Release - 17 Aug 2018

On August 16, MSF launched inpatient services for severely malnourished children under five years-old, as well as paediatric care for patients under 15 years-old with severe malaria and other diseases, in a facility with a capacity of 30 beds. The medical intervention began as a response to a lack of healthcare assistance to newly arrived displaced people in Bama. Over 1.7 million people have been displaced by the conflict between the Nigerian military and non state armed groups in northeast Nigeria.

Nigeria

Critical humanitarian situation unfolding among internally displaced people in Bama, Borno state

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started emergency nutritional and paediatric activities in Bama, Borno state, in response to a critical humanitarian situation among newly arrived internally displaced people. Press Release - 17 Aug 2018

Bihać, Bosnia: One – and only one – room in this five-story abandoned concrete dormitory features bunk-bed cots for refugees and migrants to sleep. Flooding throughout the building is a frequent problem.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Push-backs, violence and inadequate conditions at the Balkan route’s new frontier

As the stream of people arriving in Bosnia and Herzegovina rises, basic humanitarian conditions in the two largest points of congregation along the border remain alarmingly inadequate. Project Update - 17 Aug 2018

A girl carries a water bucket and other relief items donated by the UN through the wet streets of Balukhali camp. The monsoons have caused havoc in the camps and for local communities, resulting in landslides, floors and fires, and have led to injuries, deaths and the destruction of infrastructure and facilities. Water supplies have become contaminated with dirty water/human waste, posing a public health risk. One year on since the biggest influx of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh, the Rohingya face an uncertain future. Overcrowding and congestion are major issues in the camps, access to safe drinking water and sanitation services is insufficient, and the Rohingya suffer from a lack of formal legal status,.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – August 2018

August 2018 update on activities in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, providing care for Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar. Crisis Update - 16 Aug 2018

Ebola DRC MSF treatment centre opens in Mangina

DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF Ebola treatment centre opens in Mangina, North Kivu

MSF has opened an Ebola treatment centre at the epicentre of the outbreak, where 31 confirmed Ebola patients and six suspect cases are currently hospitalised.

Project Update - 16 Aug 2018

Lebanon

One year after the battle, medical needs remain high in Arsal

MSF has been continuously providing free medical care for vulnerable communities of Syrian refugees and local Lebanese residents in Arsal, on the Lebanon-Syria border, since 2012. Despite improvements in the security situation, key gaps in healthcare remain. Project Update - 16 Aug 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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