Then and Now is the unfolding story of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Lebanon, first presented as a multimedia exhibition in Beirut on 10-13 December 2018 to commemorate the 42-year relationship between MSF and Lebanon Photo Story - 7 Dec 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

Aquarius forced to end operations as Europe condemns people to drown

As people continuing to flee by sea along the world’s deadliest migration route, not only has Europe failed to provide search and rescue capacity - it has actively sabotaged others’ attempts to save lives. Press Release - 6 Dec 2018

Yemen

Whether it be from the sky or on the ground, medical care is a target in Yemen

An article by Alex Dunne, MSF Humanitarian Affairs Officer in Yemen, first published on www.independent.ie on 23 November 2018. Op-Ed - 6 Dec 2018

85-year-old Qassim, from Radfan, is seen outside the Inpatient male Department (IPD) of the Al-Nasser Hospital, with one of his brother-in-law, 57- year-old Mohammed. Qassim suffers from diarrhea, dyspnea (difficulty in breathing) and anaemia. Ad Dhale, Yemen 2018.

Yemen

“When you add it all up, you’re looking at a devastating situation for the people of Yemen”

Four years into the recent conflict, Robert Onus, MSF’s former head of mission in Yemen, describes its impact on people across the country. Interview - 6 Dec 2018

Mrs Iqbal: ‘Household chores are the main responsibility of a woman, but I can’t do them’
“It is a big problem. I can’t cook food for my husband. It has been five months now and I am in great pain. For any woman, household chores are main responsibility of a woman, but I can’t do them.”
Mrs Iqbal is a housewife living in Peshawar. She was at a wedding in Bajaur Agency, a former district of FATA (Federally Administrated Tribal Areas) of Pakistan, when she contracted Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. With every passing day, the lesion continued to grow bigger and bigger. She met many doctors in her area, but there was only one who said it was Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and that she needed to get specialised treatment. Her husband is a rickshaw (tuk tuk) driver, who is going to drive her to the hospital each day.

Pakistan

Bringing hope to sufferers of a neglected disease

Stories from MSF’s treatment centre for cutaneous leishmaniais in Peshawar. Opened in May 2018, already the centre has admitted more than 800 patients and is operating at full capacity, as are MSF’s three other treatment centres: two in Quetta and one in Kuchlak. Project Update - 5 Dec 2018

Hepatitis C

Appeal lodged against decision to uphold Gilead’s patent on hepatitis C drug

MSF and others have filed an appeal against the European Patent Office’s decision to uphold US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Science’s patent on the key hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir. Press Release - 5 Dec 2018

Website

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

Information and tools to promote and implement inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action. disabilityinclusion.msf.org

A health worker is seen putting on his personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the red zone of a MSF supported Ebola Treatment Centre(ETC), where they will check up on patients on November 06, 2018 in Bunia.

DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas in North Kivu

The Ebola epidemic continues to spread through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province. The newest areas to be affected include the city of Butembo and a number of isolated areas. Project Update - 3 Dec 2018

View of the settlements and hospital on the island.

Nauru

“I can see my life going down and sinking into the oceans”

The story, in his own words, of an Iranian refugee who has been held on Nauru for five years and three months. Voices from the Field - 2 Dec 2018

Nauru

Medical report shows disastrous impact of Australia’s offshore processing policy

Data shows that the mental health suffering among refugees, asylum seekers and Naruans on Nauru is among the worst MSF has ever seen, with Australia's containment policy to blame. Press Release - 2 Dec 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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MSF in Lebanon: Then and Now