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Marie Agama with her daughter Destiny. She was pregnant when he left Libya on a rubber boat, with 127 people onboard, that arrived to Zarzis last 27 may. The fuel was finished after a few hours of navigation. For two and a half days they drifted out into the open sea, without eating or drinking. A fisherman's boat saw them and alerted the Tunisian coastguards, who brought them to the Foyer of the Tunisian Red Cross in Médenine..

She delivered safely and in good conditions in Fatuma Bourguiba Hospital, where MSF transferred her a couple of days before.

Fatuma Bourguiba Hospital (Monastir, Tunisia), public hospital. MSF directs migrants towards the hospital services for chronic diseases.
Tunisia

Stories and testimonies of migrants fleeing violence

On May 27th 2017, a rubber boat with 127 people on board arrived to Zarzis (Tunisia) coming from Libya. The fuel finished after few hours of navigation and for two and a half days they drifted out into the open sea, without eating or drinking. A Tunisian fisherman's boat saw them and alerted the Tunisian Coast Guard who finally rescued them. Photo Story - 22 Aug 2017
 
A child gets vaccinated in the MSF multi antigen campaign in Lanome, Bangassou subprefecture.
Access to medicines

Patent Office dashes hopes for affordable pneumonia vaccine

“In our work, we see many children with life-threatening respiratory infections; many deaths could be prevented if more kids were vaccinated with PCV." Press Release - 22 Aug 2017
 
Refugees wait to be vaccinated at the MSF clinic in the Cacanda camp. MSF routinely carries out vaccinations, although it also conducted a campaign which led to the immunisation of more than five thousand children against measles, yellow fever, polio and a further five preventable diseases.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Crisis update – July 2017

DRC: Update on humanitarian crisis in Greater Kasai region Crisis Update - 21 Aug 2017
 
MSF Pharmacy Technician Toueng Sreymon distributes Hepatitis C meds at the MSF Hepatitis C clinic at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 18, April 2017.
Cambodia

Treating hepatitis C in Phnom Penh

Since October 2016, MSF has treated around 800 people in Cambodia for hepatitis C using medicines that have recently been introduced called direct-acting antivirals. Photo Story - 21 Aug 2017
 
Recent violence in Tanganyika has displaced thousands of people who are now living in and around Kalémie. Among them are many children separated from their parents when they fled.
Democratic Republic of Congo

No water, no space – dire living conditions in Kalémie

“They have survived several attacks and have been forced to abandon their previous shelters. Each time, they lose some possessions and many have nothing left.” Press Release - 18 Aug 2017
 
Francisca with a portrait of her late son, who died six years ago.
Colombia

Violence in Buenaventura

Photo Story - 16 Aug 2017
 
A refugee in the Cacanda camp shows the traumatic injury caused during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF provides mental health services for refugees in need, many of whom are direct witnesses or victims of the violence.
Democratic Republic of Congo

In Kasai, “even the birds had stopped singing”

"The wounds of the patients that we treat tell us about the extreme levels of violence that the people of Kasai are facing." Voices from the Field - 16 Aug 2017
 
Francisca with a portrait of her late son, who died six years ago.
Colombia

People suffer high levels of violence despite peace process

"These types of violence are having a clear impact on the physical and mental health of people living in Buenaventura and Tumaco.” Report - 16 Aug 2017
 
People disembark the Vos Prudence in Trapani, Italy, following the rescue of 412 people from a wooden boat and 318 from a rubber boat  in the Central Mediterranean by MSF staff and ship's crew.
Website

Saving Lives at Sea

Interactive map, charts and data about MSF's search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean searchandrescue.msf.org
 
People disembark the Vos Prudence in Trapani, Italy, following the rescue of 412 people from a wooden boat and 318 from a rubber boat  in the Central Mediterranean by MSF staff and ship's crew.
Mediterranean migration

MSF launches new website on search and rescue work

The website contains interactive infographics, in-depth, up-to-date operational and medical information, and answers all frequently asked and important questions related to SAR. Voices from the Field - 15 Aug 2017
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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