Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding

European leaders are digging in their heels - saving lives in danger right now is still not their priority

In response to the EU Emergency Summit statement, MSF expresses its disappointment to see EU leaders persisting in a direction that proved to be not only inefficient but cost thousands of lives. Statement - 24 Apr 2015

Iraq

“Their Lives are Shattered”

MSF head of mission Fabio Forgione discusses the situation in Iraq Voices from the Field - 23 Apr 2015

As part of the counselling a patient will have the effects of his illness and treament explained to him or her.

HIV/AIDS

HIV: MSF-UNAIDS report endorses community models of care

Strengthening and expanding community-based approaches to delivering HIV treatment is vital to the long-term success of the AIDS response. Report - 23 Apr 2015

Gladice, 35, Assistant midwife , with MSF since 2006. Gladice holding “Little Gladice“ is brought for a medical check up at one of MSF’s mobile clinics near Boguila.

Central African Republic

“Without healthcare in Boguila our children would be like dead leaves falling from a tree”.

Nineteen Central Africans, including three MSF staff members, were killed during an armed robbery in the grounds of MSF’s hospital in Boguila, Central African Republic, on 26 April 2014. Project Update - 22 Apr 2015

South Sudan

Fighting in Malakal town increases fear and tension in the civilian population in Upper Nile

Fresh fighting that took place last night and this morning, 22 April 2015 in Malakal town between armed groups, has led to further displacement of about 900 people to the Protection of Civilian (PoC) site. Project Update - 22 Apr 2015

South Africa

MSF teams respond to health needs of displaced people in South Africa following xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals

A medical team from Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF) has been responding to the health needs of displaced people for nearly a week now since violent xenophobic attacks in the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province. Press Release - 21 Apr 2015

Sudan

MSF supports the Ministry of Health to respond to measles outbreak in Sudan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the Sudanese Ministry of Health (MoH) to respond to a measles outbreak in parts of Sudan. In North Darfur, a mass vaccination was launched at the end of March, 2015 to stem the outbreak and increase the immunisation coverage in the population. Project Update - 21 Apr 2015

Ukraine

MSF expands its medical activities in Debaltseve

Natalie Roberts, MSF emergency coordinator, describes the situation in Debaltseve. Voices from the Field - 21 Apr 2015

More about MSF's work with refugees and migrants

More than 41 million people are currently fleeing conflict or persecution around the world. Project Update - 20 Apr 2015

On the morning of 26 August, the MY Phoenix, jointly operated by MSF and MOAS was asked to standby as the Swedish coast guard ship, Poseidon, rescued an estimated 450 people from a wooden boat. The MOAS crew handed out life jackets and the MSF medics were asked to assist directly on board as there were many critical cases. Dr Simon Bryant and nurse Mary-Jo Frawley went into the hull of the boat, where they were literally lifting people’s heads out of the water to check if they were alive. A critical patient suffering from suspected fuel inhalation was stabilized in the MSF clinic onboard the Phoenix and medevac'ed via helicopter for further treatment on land.
At that point a second wooden boat carrying 550 people appeared and the MOAS search and rescue team immediately commenced rescued operations. More than 415 people were brought on the MY Phoenix, bringing the boat to capacity the remained 125 people were taken on board the Poseidon. Whilst this rescue was still underway, a rubber dinghy with an estimated 100 people on board arrived on the scene. The MOAS crew transferred the men, women and children on board to an Italian naval vessel, which was also on the scene.
“ The deaths of these 52 people today show that search and rescue is just a bandaid. It is merely a temporary solution to Europe’s failures, and not even a truly effective one. Despite the increase in SAR efforts since late April, the death count still keeps mounting. The only way to actually put an end to these avoidable tragedies is to create safe and legal ways for people to migrate or seek asylum in Europe. People's desperation to flee and survive forces them into taking these dangerous boats, into the hands of people who profit from their willingness to risk it all in the search of safety of Europe. Today, just like yesterday, Europe’s policy makers have blood on their hands. It is time for a change, a radical rethink and we need it now” - Will Turner – MSF Emergency Coordinator on the MY Phoenix

Mediterranean migration

MSF calls for large scale search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean

Figures from a warzone in the Mediterranean: a mass grave created by European policies Press Release - 20 Apr 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.

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