"The seriously injured or ill must be evacuated to safe areas for treatment. Medical supplies and humanitarian aid must be allowed in, and respite given to a city falling apart day by day, hour by hour and minute by minute," says Pablo Marco, Middle East Operational Manager. Voices from the Field - 15 Nov 2016

The waiting room: Patients wait to be seen at the MSF out patient clinic.

MSF is currently seeing between 70-200 people every day. Most people have malaria or other illnesses linked to the poor living conditions in the camp such as respiratory and skin infections.

Uganda

Country overwhelmed as tens of thousands flee violence in South Sudan

Crisis Update - 15 Nov 2016

In June and July 2016 MSF has been conducting vaccination campaigns in several refugee camps and settlements in Greece, targeting more than 4,600 children under fifteen years of age. This campaign aims at protecting refugee children with 10 antigens and preventing diseases such as pneumonia, which is the leading cause of childhood death. MSF calls on Pfizer and GSK to drop the price of the pneumonia vaccine (PCV) for governments and humanitarian organizations in emergency contexts.

Access to medicines

MSF welcomes Pfizer's pneumonia vaccine price reduction for children in humanitarian emergencies

Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) should extend their price reduction to all developing countries. Press Release - 14 Nov 2016

Yemen

Record number of babies born on hospital’s one-year anniversary

On 7 November, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) marked the one-year anniversary of its mother and child hospital in Taiz, assisting in the deliveries of 24 babies in a single day. Project Update - 10 Nov 2016

Greece

Providing mental healthcare to stranded asylum seekers

Interview with Melanie Kerloc’h, an MSF clinical psychologist working in Greece. Voices from the Field - 9 Nov 2016

Dr Ilaria Moneta examines a child in the pediatric ward of the MSF-supported Bangassou hospital.

Access to Healthcare

The reality of pneumonia

Voices from the Field - 9 Nov 2016

Syria

It has taken four years and 20 surgical operations to repair the damage

East Aleppo's besieged residents have been told to leave their homes or face annihilation. As they brace themselves for what comes next, Amal Abdullah recalls the day four years ago when she was told to leave the east Aleppo neighbourhood where she grew up. Voices from the Field - 8 Nov 2016

Nine-year-old Abdul Hadi lies on a bed in a hospital ward in besieged east Aleppo, watched over by his older brother. Abdul Hadi was injured by a bomb blast while playing outside his home. He sustained head injuries, has lost his memory and can no longer feed himself. Medical staff say he needs a CT scan, but there is no such equipment available in east Aleppo, and he cannot be referred elsewhere for specialised care because all roads leading out of the city are blocked.

Syria

Severe shortages in east Aleppo put children’s lives at risk

Project Update - 3 Nov 2016

Central African Republic

Great humanitarian need, little international attention

Project Update - 1 Nov 2016

In Kousseri city, the number of displaced people who have fled violence could reach 40 000. They are scattered around the city and are hosted by local families.
MSF is supporting 3 health centers in the city of Kousseri (Madana, Madagascar, Amchidiré) including ambulatory therapeutic treatment centers (ATFC) for severe acute malnutrition. In Madana and Amchidiré, under five OPD and cover up vaccination is also provided by MSF, along with mental health support. Activities are open several times a week (from 2 to 5 times according to the number of patients seeking care). The main illnesses are diarrhea, malaria skin diseases and respiratory tract infections. Complicated cases are referred to Kousseri regional Hospital.

Lake Chad Crisis

Lake Chad: Years of Forgotten Crisis

Located in west-central Africa at the junction of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon, Lake Chad was once among the continent’s largest bodies of water. Owing to a combination of climate change and overuse, however, Lake Chad’s size has steadily dwindled, putting the region’s population of roughly 30 million people under increasing strain. But diminishing resources are not the only thing they have to fear. Medium.com - 31 Oct 2016

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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Besiegement and bombing of east Aleppo is deepening a desperate health crisis