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Somalia

Around the clock healthcare saves countless lives in South Galcayo hospital

In a country where violence, suffering and death from preventable and treatable diseases are commonplace, the provision of free independent medical care is vital. Project Update - 17 Nov 2009
 
MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde. A team was sent to support the hospital in Sao Felipe, the main town of the island of Fogo. Others maintain the health centers of Praia, the capital located on the island of Santiago.
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Une équipe d'urgence MSF participe à la prise en charge d¿une épidémie de Dengue.Une équipe a été envoyé pour soutenir l'hôpital de Sao Felipe, la ville principale de l'île de Fogo. D'autres soutiennent les centres de santé de Praia, la capitale du pays située sur l'île de Santiago.
Cape Verde

MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team to support the hospital in Sao Filipe, the main town on the island of Fogo, where between 100 and 150 new dengue cases are being reported every day; more MSF medical staff have been sent to support health centres in Cape Verde’s capital city Praia on Santiago Island. Project Update - 16 Nov 2009
 
MSF teams are working in the region of La Paz, on the outskirts of Zacatecoluca and La Libertad, concentrating on the distribution of non-food items and giving psychological support to the victims.<br/>/nOver 150 people were killed and more than 13,000 were displaced by the intense rains and floods which hit El Salvador after Hurricane Ida swept through the country a week ago. The authorities declared a state of emergency in the regions affected and many communities were isolated for days because of the collapse of bridges.
El Salvador

MSF helps Hurricane Ida survivors in El Salvador

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team of nine staff, including doctors, logisticians, a nurse, a water and sanitation expert, and a psychologist to help the victims of this natural disaster. Project Update - 16 Nov 2009
 
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Malnutrition

Rome food summit to fail if governments continue spending peanuts on childhood malnutrition

Funding by rich countries to combat malnutrition has remained flat for seven years, according to a report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Press Release - 11 Nov 2009
 
A baby having been screened with MUAC in an ambulatory site (Sarma), Yako District, May 2009. In September 2007 MSF launched a program for children suffering from acute malnutrition in the provinces of Passoré and Loroum in northern Burkina Faso.<br/>
In 2008, 16 500 children were treated with a cure rate of 88%. To counter the impact of malaria on the mortality of young children during the annual seasonal peak of the disease, MSF has set up a specific response from mid-September to late December 2008, treating 10800 children with the disease.
Malnutrition

Malnutrition: How Much Is Being Spent? An analysis of nutrition funding flows 2004 - 2007

How much is the world spending on the treatment and prevention of childhood malnutrition? This MSF report aims to answer this complex question. Report - 10 Nov 2009
 
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South Sudan

MSF responds to serious kala azar outbreak in southern Sudan

Following a serious outbreak of severe parasitic disease, kala azar, in southern Sudan, medical humanitarian aid agency, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is responding to the emergency in several locations across both Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Project Update - 6 Nov 2009
 
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Project Update

MSF vaccination used as bait in unacceptable attack on civilians

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces this clearly unacceptable abuse of humanitarian aid for military purposes. Press Release - 6 Nov 2009
 
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Sudan

MSF assists newly displaced people in Shangil Tobaya

Clashes near Shangil Tobaya, a town in northern Darfur, Sudan, have led to a number of casualties and the displacement of hundreds of families. Project Update - 3 Nov 2009
 
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Indonesia

Adapting to changing needs one month after the Indonesian earthquake

Nearly one month after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is focusing its efforts on the most affected area - the villages near Padang and Pariaman. Project Update - 30 Oct 2009
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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