MSF teams responded over the weekend to a mass casualty incident after a car exploded late on Friday near Al-Hasakah, in north-east Syria, killing and injuring people fleeing the fighting in Deir ez-Zor. Statement - 20 Nov 2017

Patients wait for medical treatment in the urgent outpatient waiting area at MSF's medical facility in Kutupalong on October 4.

Since August 25, MSF has treated more than 30,000 patients in the Cox’s Bazar area, effectively five times the number of people who sought treatment at MSF facilities during the same period last year. The main morbidity among these patients is respiratory tract infections and diarrheal diseases, which are directly related to the poor hygiene conditions in the informal settlements.

As a result of the massive increase in demand for our medical services, an additional 800 staff have been hired, bringing the total number of staff on the ground in Cox’s Bazar from around 200 people to 1000.

In addition, MSF has also expanded its inpatient capacity at its Kutupalong clinic from 50 to 70 beds, with new wards and isolation capacity for infectious diseases. The clinic, which provides basic healthcare services and is MSF’s largest health facility in Cox’s Bazar, has been running since 2009.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – November 2017

Since 25 August, more than 620,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh. Crisis Update - 20 Nov 2017

Yemen

Misery deepens as borders close

"Coalition leaders must immediately grant unhindered access to and within Yemen, so that humanitarian assistance can reach those most in need." Op-Ed - 20 Nov 2017

Access to Healthcare

Unmerited Pfizer patent on pneumonia vaccine limits access for children

“At MSF, we have watched far too many children die of pneumonia, and we’re not going to back down until price is no longer a barrier.” Press Release - 20 Nov 2017

Mohammad Ahmed, Doctor, Rural Hospital in Abs

Yemen

MSF statement on Saudi-led coalition blockage

"Yemenis are already struggling with massive increases in food, water and fuel costs, as well as access to medical care" Statement - 17 Nov 2017

MSF health promoter / IEC worker addresses commonly held myths about antibiotics with mothers from Asansol district, West Bengal.

Antibiotic resistance

Drug-resistant infections are a looming challenge around the world

Since 2015, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has worked on antibiotic resistance in collaboration with the health authorities in West Bengal, India. As the world discusses this growing challenge during World Antibiotic Awareness Week (13 to 19 November), we shares some of our findings on the reasons behind this phenomenon and how this challenge can be addressed. Project Update - 16 Nov 2017

Consultation avec Bachir, un soudanais de 29 ans arrivé depuis quelques jours à Paris.

Medical consultation with Bachir a 29 year old man from Sudan who has arrived in Paris a few days ago.

France

Critical situation for refugees and migrants stuck on Paris streets as winter approaches

“In the middle of the night the police wake us up and make us move... I don’t have any other option but to claim asylum in France. In Sudan there is only death.” Press Release - 16 Nov 2017

Life along the Barh-Azoum River – used by many for washing, bathing and even drinking.

Chad

Misinformation and lack of resources hamper cholera response

"They are afraid to say they have cholera because it has a stigma attached to it” Project Update - 16 Nov 2017

Syria

“During the battle for Raqqa, nobody cared about the civilians”

"People described how many inhabitants who were forced to go out into the street to find water ended up wounded or dead." Voices from the Field - 15 Nov 2017

A TB patient takes his daily TB medication at MSF's Insein clinic, Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 22, 2018.

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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 teams respond to car explosion in Al-Hasakah, north-east Syria