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The corpse of a patient who passed away is given back to the family for funerals after being decontaminated by the MSF teams. It was washed with chlorine solution and put it in a hermetic bag also disinfected to leave the high risk area.
Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

G7: The world is no better prepared today than a year ago to respond to Ebola

The global health system remains unprepared for mass disease epidemics. Press Release - 3 Jun 2015
 
12 days ago, Mazen Abdu of Sa’ada, his wife and three children escaped Sa’ada on his motorbike. The family keeps the motorbike in the classroom where they live since they arrived Khamer.  
“When the airstrikes were so close from our house, we decided to go to a safer place and leave everything behind,” says Mazen. His only way to escape was his motorbike.
“The five of us travelled from Sa’ada to Khamer on this motorbike. We could only take 10 kilos of flower and a small blanket. Our trip from Sa’ada to Khamer was not easy. We spent two days and one night travelling. We did not have money to stay in a hotel or buy food and to crown it all, one of the motorbike’s tires was punctured. I was waiting hopelessly in the road with my family until somebody helped me fix it and we continued our way to Khamer. Some good people offered us food and hosted us in their home for the night.”
Mazen’s wife, Um Alia, said that her children were scared of the bombings that they lost their appetite and that when she tried to force her two daughters to eat when they were travelling, they both vomited. “My daughters were terrified by the sound of the bombings and were shivering.”
The family lives now in a classroom in one of Khamer schools. Some 500 IDP families live in public places and some of them live in tents.
“We left everything behind; our home, our neighbors, our life. In fact, I doubt there is life in Sa’ada and I still ignore what happened to our house.”
Yemen

Testimonies from displaced people in Khamer

There has been an influx of IDPs from Sa’ada to Khamer, fleeing their homes due to the deteriorating situation and airstrikes in Sa’ada governorate. Many have been living with families in Khamer or in rented houses, while some occupy public places such as schools, and others live in tents on the outskirts of the town. Voices from the Field - 3 Jun 2015
 
An overview of Taiz during an airstrike.The situation in Taiz is extremely tense, with fighting continuing between different armed groups.
Yemen

“Many civilians are injured and killed by the ongoing crisis.”

Dr Ahmad Bilal, MSF’s medical coordinator in Yemen, describes the situation Voices from the Field - 3 Jun 2015
 
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Yemen

Crisis update – 2 June 2015

In terms of access for humanitarian aid to Yemen, we have been able to send in staff and supplies by sea and air, but more is needed. Crisis Update - 3 Jun 2015
 
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Nepal

MSF helicopter crashes in Nepal

On Tuesday 2nd June, a helicopter chartered by MSF, delivering humanitarian aid, crashed in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal.
MMSF regrets to confirm the death of three of its staff members in this crash. The team were delivering much-needed medical and humanitarian assistance in Sindhupalchowk district when the accident occurred.
Statement - 2 Jun 2015
 
Brigitte (Field Coordinator) at the kids ward of Macalber district hospital in Nyatike.
Kenya

MSF concerned with the rapid spread of the cholera outbreak

MSF together with Kenyan health authorities and other partners have been battling the cholera epidemic in Kenya since January. Press Release - 2 Jun 2015
 
Kailahun. Sierra Leone. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola Treatment Centre. Two MSF staff help a young patient, most likely infected with the Ebola virus, to get out of a vehicle driven to the Treatment Centre.
Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola accountability report: An unprecedented year

The Ebola One-Year Accountability report describes MSF’s key activities and operational choices during the first year of the crisis, from March 2014 to March 2015. Report - 1 Jun 2015
 
July 1995

Tuzla: Refugees from the Srebrenica enclave (women, children and elderly), just one day after it's fall.

Juillet 1995

Tuzla: Arriv e des r fugiers (femmes , enfants et vieillards) de l'enclave de Srebrenica le lendemain de sa chute.
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and Srebrenica 1993-2003

https://www.msf.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/VA_MSF_and_Srebrenica.pdf - 1 Jun 2015
 
Dr. Claire Kilbride, MSF Physician, providing resuscitation education to the emergency room staff at MSF's hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan.
South Sudan

A nurse in Old Fangak

Nurse Jillian Loveland on her second mission with MSF in Old Fangak, South Sudan. Voices from the Field - 1 Jun 2015
 
Children draw during a psycho-education session in Nampha in Sindupalchowk district. MSF is providing psycho-education sessions to help enhance the coping mechanisms of those affected by this year's earthquakes in Nepal.
Nepal

Psychological first aid helps Nepalese rebuild their lives

Teams from MSF are running mental health activities to people affected by the two devastating earthquakes. Project Update - 1 Jun 2015
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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