The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a new maternity hospital in eastern Khost Province in Afghanistan, which will provide pregnant women in the region with desperately needed high-quality healthcare. Press Release - 5 Mar 2012

Vaccination a Mzuzu. *** Local Caption *** Début février, une épidémie de rougeole est déclarée au Malawi. Début mai, en collaboration avec le ministère de la santé, MSF (OCP et OCB) initie une prise en charge des cas déclarés dans les hôpitaux et les centres de santé situés dans les zones rurales et lance une campagne de vaccination de masse et d'urgence sur plusieurs districts. La population cible totale est de près de 2 millions d'enfants âgés de 6 mois à 15 ans. En temps réguliers, MSF mène des programmes de prise en charge du VIH-sida dans les districts de Chiradzulu (pour OCP) et de Thyolo (pour OCB).

Measles

Resurgence of measles outbreaks: The need for appropriate and timely response

Measles is a serious, highly contagious disease. As many as 10 per cent of people with measles will die if they do not receive adequate medical attention. Although measles vaccination coverage has significantly increased in the past few years, outbreaks remain a threat as long as coverage does not reach at least 95 per cent. Report - 1 Mar 2012

Mauritania

Food insecurity threatens as thousands of Malian refugees gather in desert

More than 28,000 Malian refugees have been forced to seek refuge in the border region of Mauritania following the conflict between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels that broke out in northern Mali last month. Some refugees travelled days without sustenance to get to makeshift camps in Fassala and Mbéré in the south east of Mauritania. Project Update - 29 Feb 2012

Greece

Migrants suffer in border police stations amid recent extreme weather conditions

The constant arrival of migrants in Greece’s Evros region, coupled with the extreme weather conditions of the past few weeks, has been putting pressure on the already fragile system for receiving migrants in the border police stations of Soufli, Tychero and Feres and the detention centre of Filakio. Project Update - 28 Feb 2012

Afghanistan

MSF treats wounded after Kunduz protests

Following violent protests over the reported Quran burnings at Bagram airbase, MSF received 50 patients at its surgical hospital in Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan. Press Release - 26 Feb 2012

Mali

One dead and 10 injured in an attack on a camp in Kidal region

Victims are mostly women and children; MSF is calling on all parties to the conflict to spare civilians Press Release - 23 Feb 2012

Yemen

MSF treats 39 injured as violence affects the South of the country

On 21 February, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Aden and Al Daleh, in southern Yemen, tended to 39 people who had been injured during outbreaks of violence connected to national elections. A local separatist movement boycotted the vote, which led to clashes in the south, particularly in Aden, the region’s main city. Press Release - 23 Feb 2012

37-year-old Nyan Oo* started ART in December 2011. When tested, his CD4 level was 34. Because his family does not have the money to pay for accommodation in Yangon, he and his mother are staying in a local monastery while he receives his ART treatment.
*name has been changed

Myanmar

Lives in the balance: The urgent need for HIV and TB treatment in Myanmar

In a report released today Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the largest provider of HIV treatment in Myanmar, highlights the critical need for increased HIV and Tuberculosis (TB), including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), treatment in the country. Report - 22 Feb 2012

Access to medicines

MSF calls for urgent action to save lives in Myanmar

Between 15,000 and 20,000 people living with HIV die every year in Myanmar because of lack of access to lifesaving anti-retroviral therapy (ART). With political reform being reciprocated by greater engagement from the international community, there is a real opportunity to put access to treatment for people living with HIV and TB at the top of donor priority lists. Press Release - 22 Feb 2012

Maung Myint*, 38, is HIV positive and has a CD4 count of less than 200 below WHO criteria for enrollment on ART. Due to overwhelming numbers of patients, MSF is not yet able to start him on the lifesaving treatment. Maung Myint is receiving anti-TB treatment.
*name has been changed

Myanmar

Lives in the Balance: the story of Maung Myint

Maung Myint*, 38, is HIV positive and has a CD4 count of less than 200 below WHO criteria for enrollment on ART. Voices from the Field - 21 Feb 2012

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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MSF opens maternity hospital in Khost