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MSF logo printed on the rooftop of the trauma center for protecting health facilities. Taiz Houban, Yemen 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
 
First set of free Hepatitis C medicines Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir provided by Delhi Govt. run GB Pant hospital.
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
 
HOMA BAY HOSPITAL,
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
 
An aerial view of the island of Nauru, October 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
 
MSF Nauru mental health clinic
Nauru

Report: Indefinite Despair

MSF's report, Indefinite Despair, is based on data collected during our work on Nauru before being forced to end our mental health activities with refugees in early October 2018. It shows the extreme levels of suffering on the island and the impact of Australian policy of offshore processing. Report - 2 Dec 2018
 
MSF clinic located inside the Mykolaiv Regional Center of Palliative Care and Integrated Services.
Ukraine

"I am one of you: I live with HIV and used to live with hepatitis C"

Maksym*, a peer health educator working with MSF in Mykolaiv in the south of Ukraine, explains how he draws on his own experiences to connect with patients and make sure they complete their hepatitis C treatment successfully. Voices from the Field - 30 Nov 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.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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