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"We were living a decent life in our home. now, we live in this unfinished building where we do not have even toilets," says woman who lives in Al-Hoban district in Taiz. 

She fled with her family eight months ago. Her home now in the part of the city that has been under siege since August 2015. 

A siege has been imposed on the city by Houthis since late August 2015. MSF was not able to enter medical aid into the enclave area for five months. Only on January 16th, MSF got the authorization and delivered medical aid to Al-Thawra hospital inside the enclave area.
Yemen

Crisis update - January 2017

After 22 months of conflict, Yemen is a full-blown humanitarian emergency. Crisis Update - 31 Jan 2017
Access to medicines

When free is not fair: the case of vaccine donations

UREPH is pleased to announce the publication of the article ““When free is not fair: the case of vaccine donations” by James Smith in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Journal article - 31 Jan 2017
 
Six internally displaced families sharing an abandoned building in Al-Batra area in Huban district in Taiz.

The situation in Taiz remains extremely critical, with some of the heaviest fighting in the country.
Yemen

“Word had spread that I was a doctor, and people came to me for help all the time”

"There was very little I could do for them. I was able to buy some antibiotics, but I couldn't get hold of things like insulin or asthma medication". Voices from the Field - 30 Jan 2017
 
A child patient and her mother with MSF nurse in MSF mother and child hospital in Al-Hoban area. 
The mother said that she could not hospitalize her child when she had a fever and spasm. She had to wait until the next morning as there the fighting was ongoing and it was dangerous for them to go out. The family was internally displaced because of the intensive fighting in Taiz. 

MSF hospital was opened in Al-Houban, Taiz in November 2015. 

The hospital has a capacity of 100 bed for obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics. the hospital receives at least 300 women and children every day since then.
Yemen

“That evening we had around 30 casualties, both wounded and dead.”

"People in Taiz have immense needs for food, medical care, water and sanitation and shelter," says Christopher McAleer, a former MSF logistician in Yemen. Voices from the Field - 30 Jan 2017
 
MSF medical team at AL-Nasr hospital in Al-Dhale governorate south of Yemen providing medical assistance to patient in the ER, the patient was injured due to road traffic accident.
Yemen

Healthcare under siege

Twenty months since fighting started in Taiz, the city’s health services have largely collapsed – the result of physical damage to hospitals and of shortages of staff and medical supplies. Photo Story - 30 Jan 2017
 
The family of Fakhira carries over her body to a local cemetery, after her house was hit by shelling on July 24, 2015 in Taiz, Yemen.
The Family gave their consent.
Yemen

Healthcare under siege in Taiz

In its new report, MSF reiterates its calls on all warring parties to ensure the protection of civilians and health workers and allow the wounded and sick access to healthcare. Report - 30 Jan 2017
 
A MSF doctor is doing medical check up in the main ward of the MSF hospital in Mellut togehter with clinical officers and nurses.
South Sudan

MSF closes project in Melut after three years

"MSF's role as first responder was crucial at the start of the emergency. We were able to take care of the displaced population as they arrived at the beginning of 2014," says Marta Cazorla, MSF field coordinator for Melut. Project Update - 30 Jan 2017
 
The Topal family,they are  Kurdish and from Aleppo, Syria, inside the Idomeni refugee camp, in Greece, on the border with Macedonia (FYROM), where about 11,000 people live. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has a distribution point and a medical facility open 24 hours a day.
United States of America

Suspension of US refugee resettlement endangers people fleeing war zones

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement to the United States is an inhumane act against people fleeing war zones. Statement - 29 Jan 2017
 
The remains of a bed frame in a room on eastern wing of the main Outpatient Department building.
Website

Attack on Kunduz Trauma Centre

On 3 October 2015, U.S. airstrikes killed 42 people and destroyed the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. As we grieve the loss of our colleagues and patients, we are left with the question: is it still possible to safely provide medical care on the frontline? kunduz.msf.org
 
A medical worker is sprayed down after testing a patient for Ebola at the Nongo Ebola Treatment Clinic in Conakry, Guinea on November 26, 2015. 

The clinic is treating the last known Ebola patient in Guinea. A month old baby named Nubia, whose mother died after giving birth on October 27th.
Website

Killer Diseases

People know little about killer diseases. Who contracts them? How can they be fought? What are the prospects for research? Seeking to answer some of these questions, this educational web documentary puts seven of these diseases (antibiotic resistance, Ebola, hepatitis C, malaria, measles, tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS) under the microscope. killer-diseases.org
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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