Press Release - 19 May 2016

A mother waits outside the MSF clinic.
MSF has been providing medical care and psychological support in Idomeni since March 2015. Over 60% of the population is vulnerable women and children.

Greece

MSF resumes activities in Idomeni after clashes and tear gas cause a temporary suspension

Project Update - 19 May 2016

Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) teams are providing psychological and logistical support to people in the areas affected by the 7.8 magnitude Ecuadorian earthquake on the 16th April 2016.

The teams are working in several areas were people have built temporary shelters, while some sleep in the open, afraid to sleep inside due to aftershocks. MSF is distributing NFI & tents for the people who are sleeping in the open.

Official figures put the death toll at 650 people, with 48 people missing and more than 29,000 in shelters. MSF teams in Ecuador are concentrating their efforts in areas where help has not yet arrived.

MSF has conducted individual counseling sessions, psycho-social activities, counseling groups and medical consultations. It has also

Ecuador

Mental health after the earthquake

Interview with Ionara Rabelo, MSF psychologist working in Ecuador Voices from the Field - 19 May 2016

Severe malaria is often complicated with anemia and treatment require blood transfusion.

Democratic Republic of Congo

An unusual and deadly malaria outbreak in the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo

An unusually severe outbreak of malaria has hit the health area of Pawa and neighbouring Boma Mangbetu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the beginning of May, MSF launched emergency relief in response to an appeal from the overwhelmed health authorities. Photo Story - 18 May 2016

Samos, Greece. Since the agreement between Europe and Turkey made on March 18th 2016, Greece has turned refugee camps into detention camps. Refugees are sorted and wait to be sent back to Turkey for those who came after March 20th.

Mediterranean migration

MSF calls for immediate opening of 'hotspots'

Two months after the signing of the EU-Turkey deal the situation continues to deteriorate for migrants incarcerated on the Greek islands. MSF calls for the immediate opening of hotspots. Press Release - 18 May 2016

On May 9, there were 135 children hospitalized in the paediatric ward of Pawa General Hospital, most of them for severe malaria. As there are only 22 beds, most of the patient are resting on the floor between beds or in the hallway.

Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF responds to a particularly deadly outbreak of malaria in the north east of the country

Crisis Update - 17 May 2016

Kenya

Show the world that safe refuge is possible

Hundreds of thousands of people cannot be punished for the actions of a few Statement - 13 May 2016

European Union

Don't turn your back on Asylum: #TakePeopleIn

Open letter to the leaders of EU Member States and institutions Open Letter - 13 May 2016

Idomeni, border between Greece and Macedonia domeni, frontière entre la grèce et la macédoine. 1 200 refugees are stuck since the closing of the border, waiting for an agreement between Europe and Turkey (which happened on March 18th 2016)

Mediterranean migration

The mismanagement and poor planning Europe is demonstrating is beyond belief

“All over Greece we are witnessing the consequences of inhumane policies that have left thousands stranded and forgotten without access to basic services or information. European states and authorities have decided to make deterrence their only priority and given up on providing protection and assistance to these people – despite their moral and legal responsibility to do so.” Project Update - 12 May 2016

Khaled, a Yazidi man from Sinjar mountain in Iraqi Kurdistan. He is in Katsikas camp with his family since March 18, 2016.

Project Update

Testimony from Yazidi refugees in Katsikas Camp, Greece

"We thought that Europe might protect people who have suffered the kind of suffering we have undergone. But we feel like criminals, forced to hide in the mountain, " says Shemi, an Yazidi refugee in Greece. "Look at where we are. We pray that someone hears us, so that the road opens. I don’t want to die here. I don’t want to die watching my grandchildren suffering. " Voices from the Field - 12 May 2016

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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