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In the last two weeks of January 2014, fighting in eastern Ukraine has escalated. On 30 January, an MSF team returned to Marinka hospital, 35 kilometres west of Donetsk city, where they had delivered medical supplies five days earlier. The day after the delivery was made, 26 January, the hospital was hit by shelling and all staff were relocated to a nearby town. MSF has supported the hospital in nearby Kurakhovo and will distribute relief items to people in Marinka and surrounding communities.
Ukraine

Thousands trapped in eastern Ukraine: MSF calls for safety of civilians and respect for medical facilities

In just the last two weeks, five medical facilities supported by MSF have either been damaged or destroyed by shelling or rockets. Project Update - 3 Feb 2015
 
Ebola is finally declining in Liberia, although gaps remain in infection control and prevention, surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing. Access to medical care for non-Ebola patients is still a major issue due to the collapse public health system.
Liberia

Ebola drug trial in Liberia halted

Significant drop in number of cases and manufacturer's announcement that it would no longer participate in the trial. Press Release - 3 Feb 2015
 
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Central African Republic

Local healthcare worker killed in attack

MSF extends its deep and heartfelt sympathy and condolences to his family and colleagues. Statement - 2 Feb 2015
 
Galina, 86, looks at the hole where a shell hit her apartment in Kievsky district in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Ukraine

Gallery: MSF's support in Donetsk

Photo Story - 2 Feb 2015
 
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Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Crisis update - 30 January 2015

Since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was officially declared on 22 March in Guinea, it has claimed more than 8,600 lives in the region. Crisis Update - 30 Jan 2015
 
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Sierra Leone

Adama - a mother saved against all odds

This is the first day of her new life. Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 2015
 
MSF Midwife Ruth Kauffman with Kumba at the Kailahun Ebola Treatment centre in Sierra Leone, October 2014. Kumba was fighting infection with the Ebola virus and at  seven months pregnant it was feared she would not survive. Midwife Ruth Kauffman worked to provide care that supported Kumba through the critical period of delivery. The feotus was still born, having died due to the effects of the virus however Kumba made a full recovery.
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: "This has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done"

“In all of my years with MSF, this has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done.” Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 2015
 
Opening of the MSF Ebola treatment centre in Kissy, Freetown.
Sierra Leone

MSF opens maternity unit for pregnant women with Ebola

Will enable medical teams to provide specialised care for pregnant women. Press Release - 29 Jan 2015
 
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Malawi

Daughter of the floods – a new life amidst chaos

Berita didn't run when the floods hit. She was eight months pregnant, and there was nowhere to go. Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 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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