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Nontobeko Magagula MoH Cough Officer is counseling a patient suspected to have TB, in the TB screening department of the MSF Matsapha clinic. Matsapha, Manzini Region, Swaziland.
Eswatini

"A long and gruelling seven years and now it is over"

“I am very grateful for the medical breakthrough. I think introducing these new medicines will help a lot of people.” Voices from the Field - 29 Jun 2017
 
MSF Medical referent on Torture and Deputy CO at Cell 2 (Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania, Serbia)
Torture

Everything you don’t want to know about torture

"In 2017, torture is still used in countries all over the world, but the global medical community is still largely unprepared to spot victims of torture among patients." Voices from the Field - 26 Jun 2017
 
The Outreach Team sets up its clinic under a tree. local pastoralist families come waiting to have their children screened for malnutrition and inoculated for measles.
Ethiopia

MSF sees tenfold increase in children with malnutrition in Doolo zone

"What we are seeing is a humanitarian emergency." Project Update - 26 Jun 2017
 
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Somalia

MSF resumes medical activities

Nearly four years after withdrawing its teams from Somalia, MSF has started treating patients again in the country. Project Update - 23 Jun 2017
 
Men detained in Abu Salim detention centre, in Tripoli, Libya.
Libya

Providing assistance to migrants and refugees

Jean-Guy Vataux, head of mission in Libya, explains how MSF is providing assistance to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Voices from the Field - 23 Jun 2017
 
Banywich Bone, 18 ans, was reffered to Agok From Mayom, where MSF runs a primary health center. He was bitten by a snake three years ago, while he was sleeping at home. When he arrived in the hospital, he presented an infected wound for which doctors blame the snake bite. His left leg had necrotic tissus and pain, the wound was infected and MSF surgeon had to amputate the leg above the knee.
Snakebite

MSF welcomes WHO decision to include snakebite on Neglected Tropical Diseases list

Despite the fact that snakebite is estimated to kill over 100,000 people every year there are hardly any resources to prevent and treat it, and access to life-saving anti-venom therapy is very limited. Statement - 23 Jun 2017
 
young boy receiving vaccine.

International Financial Report 2016

Annual Report - 22 Jun 2017
 
An MSF medical team is working together with MoH staff in the cholera treatment center in Al-Sadaqa hospital in Aden.
Besides the medical support, MSF logistic team has repaired the center as the building had been abandoned for two years after the war. MSF proceeded to emergency rehabilitation as it required heavy cleaning work, electricity, water system repairs as well as installing air conditions. Considering the hot and humid weather during the summer, heat becomes an issue in any health structure in the coast, most especially when it comes to hospitalise severely dehydrated patients.
Yemen

Cholera continues to spread

The number of suspected cholera cases reported by WHO and national health authorities in Yemen has escalated. Project Update - 21 Jun 2017
 
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Central African Republic

Heavy fighting resumes in Bria despite peace agreement

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams witnessed the resumption of fighting today in Bria, a town in the east of Central African Republic (CAR), despite the peace agreement signed yesterday between the government and different politico-military groups active in the country. Press Release - 20 Jun 2017
 
Outpatient Department in the Bidibidi MSF Health Center - paediatric consultation.

Outpatient Department dans le centre de santé MSF de Bidibidi - consultation pédiatrique.
Uganda

Despite generous policy, basic needs of refugees are not being met

“Even though we are pumping and treating record amounts of water in Palorinya, it’s only just barely enough for the population.” Press Release - 19 Jun 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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