This report seeks to detail some of the ways in which the provision of medical care has been compromised or forced to adapt in light of security threats. Report - 13 Mar 2017

Patients are being treated in Kebridehar CTC by MSF teams. More than 45 cases were admitted in a single day in February.

Ethiopia

“I feel like I have been given a second life by the doctors and nurses here.”

Since March 2016, thousands of acute watery diarrhoea cases have been detected and treated in Ethiopia with the full support of the Regional Health Bureau. Project Update - 10 Mar 2017

MSF surgical team while finishing an operation in MSF supported hospital, the General Rural Hospital of Thi As Sufal District, Ibb governorate.

Yemen

A year of life-saving activities in Ibb

“Since the beginning of the war, medical needs in the country have exploded,” says Satoru Ida, MSF head of mission in Yemen. Press Release - 9 Mar 2017

Serbia

MSF denounces the widespread violence on migrants and refugees at the Serbian/Hungarian border

"We continue to call for safe and legal channels to be open for people seeking protection in Europe," says Christopher Stokes MSF General Director. Press Release - 9 Mar 2017

Clashes have intensified over the last months in Al Bab area of Aleppo governorate. Some of the areas that were previously under the control of Islamic State (IS) host today a range of people that goes from locals who were working in places like Aleppo city but came back to their homes because of the conflict or internally displaced people coming from different areas of Al Bab. MSF is providing primary healthcare in some locations. The average of patients arriving to one of the health centers is more than 100 a day.

In the picture, patients walk through a corridor.

Syria

Bringing aid close to the frontline

An overview of the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Aleppo governorate, in the north of Syria, and the situation the population is faced with. Photo Story - 8 Mar 2017

Sara Ferrer, a nurse practitioner, has worked for almost ten years for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She began her career in the Democratic Republic of Congo, "a real training camp". There, sudden outbreaks of diseases such as measles, cholera, or meningitis require rapid emergency mobilization. After a professional tour including several African countries and also Yemen, Ferrer is currently coordinator of the medical projects MSF has in areas of Aleppo governorate in northern Syria.

Syria

The war has left tens of thousands of children unvaccinated

Sara Ferrer, a nurse who is coordinating the medical projects of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in areas of Aleppo governorate, explains the risks. Voices from the Field - 8 Mar 2017

Website

No woman should die to give birth

On International Women's Day, we celebrate the women of Afghanistan and highlight the dangers they face in pregnancy and childbirth iwd2017.msf.org

Georgia

endTB partnership launches clinical trial to target toughest strains of tuberculosis

TB has overtaken HIV as the deadliest infectious disease, killing 1.8 million worldwide last year. Statement - 6 Mar 2017

Obstetrician-Gynaecologist and Medical Advisor for women's health in MSF Australia's Medical Unit (OCP).

Afghanistan

Reducing risks for pregnant women

For International Women’s Day 2017, MSF puts the spotlight on pregnancy and childbirth in Afghanistan, one of the world’s most dangerous countries to give birth in. Voices from the Field - 6 Mar 2017

An ambulance awaits at the entrance of the Haydan hospital. A pregnant woman who had arrived with complication is being referred to the main hospital in Sa’ada city.

Yemen

MSF resumes medical work in Haydan hospital

“The situation is worsening by the day in Yemen and people’s need for medical care keeps rising,” says Ghassan Abou Chaar, MSF representative in Yemen. Press Release - 2 Mar 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.

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Changes in medical practice in Syria