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A simple tent is used a consultation room. The patients have to wait outside. The war between Ethiopia and Eritrea made estimated 300.000 people to IDPs, a lot of them where in small camps in the mountains between Senafe and Adi Kai. A lack of clean water and big needs regarding Non Food Items were the biggest problems. So an MSF Team with a doctor or a nurse and a logistician went together with two translators, two donkey drivers and 4 donkeys in the mountains to visit 6 different IDP-camps and returned after 10 days.
Africa

Eritrea

MSF opened its first mission in Eritrea in April 2000, in response to the growing risk of hunger and renewed conflict between Eritrea and its southern neighbor and former ally, Ethiopia. Country
 
Achan arrived by ambulance after being bitten by a snake. It happened at night when Achan had gone to fetch water. She was attacked by a snake on her way. She was immediately taken to intensive care at the hospital in Abyei supported by Médecins Sans Frontières. She underwent surgery to remove necrotic tissue and was given an antidote.
 “The snake was very poisonous because shortly after the bite I felt itching and began to swell”.  
The woman has two children, one of whom came to the hospital with her because she is still breastfeeding. Achan’s mother also came with her. 
“I didn't see the snake because it was dark, but from the pain I immediately realised that it couldn't have been a common insect”.
Medical activities

Snakebite

Snakebite is a hidden health crisis. Every year, bites from venomous snakes make up to 2.7 million people sick, nearly 140,000 people die, and a further 400,000 people can be left disfigured and/or disabled.​ Topic
 
MSF response to flooding in Zimbabwe after the flooding that affected Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi in Southern Africa.
In Focus

Cyclone Idai & Southern Africa flooding

A weather system that produced heavy rains flooded parts of Malawi in early March 2019, before developing into Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe on 14-16 March 2019, causing widespread flooding and damage. Topic
 
MSF Hospital in Mocha - Rehabilitation session.
Ali, 18, is doing re-education sessions twice a week at the MSF hospital in Mocha. He was injured in the explosion of a mine while he was in the fields of Mawza, east of Mocha.

Hôpital MSF de Mocha - Séance de réeducation.
Ali, 18 ans, fait des séances de rééducation deux fois par semaine à l’hôpital MSF de Mocha. Il a été blessé dans l'explosion d'une mine alors qu'il était dans les champs de Mawza, à l'est de Mocha.

International Activity Report 2018

Read MSF's comprehensive report of medical activities in 74 countries around the world in 2018, together with feature articles, facts and figures. Annual Report - 10 Jul 2019
 
Bande de Gaza,  Grande  marche de retour le 11 mai 2018. Il y a de forte tensions le long de la frontière de Gaza-Israël après plus d'un mois de protestations massives hebdomadaires près de la clôture qui a laissé 50 manifestants palestiniens tués et plus de 1,700 et blessés par l’armée israélienne. Les dirigeants du Hamas à Gaza l'ont juré, les marches continueront tant que le blocus israélien du territoire ne sera pas levé. On s'attend aux aussi à des manifestations le 14 et 15 mai, les Palestiniens appellent ce jour 'Yawm Nakba ou "le Jour de la Catastrophe", il commémore l'anniversaire de leur déracinement de masse pendant la guerre de 1948 et la création d'Israël. Le 11 mai 2018. Malaka. Gaza. La Palestine.

Gaza 'strip, Great march of return on the 11th of may 2018. A woman with a palestinian flag, is standing up in front of the fence between Gaza'strip and Israel.Tensions are high along the Gaza-Israel border following more than a month of weekly mass protests near the fence that has left 50 Palestinian protesters killed and over 1,700 wounded by Israeli army fire. Gaza's Hamas rulers have vowed that the marches will continue until the decade-old Israeli blockade of the territory is lifted. Protests are expected on May 14 and 15 also, the day Palestinians mark the Yawm an-Nakba or "Day of Catastrophe", to commemorate the anniversary of their mass uprooting during the 1948 war over Israel's creation. May,11th 2018. Malaka. Gaza. Palestine.
In Focus

Great March of Return

Nearly every Friday between 30 March 2018 and December 2019, protestors in the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations in Gaza, Palestine were met with hails of bullets from the Israeli army. Topic
 
Thursday 2 March 2020: A nurse checks the patients suspected to suffer from Covid-19 at the special tent for suspected cases of Covid-19 settled at the hospital where MSF is supporting with the management of the pandemic.

MSF launches a collaboration with CHU Ambroise Paré Hospital in Mons to face the Covid-19 Pandemic in Belgium.
In Focus

Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) update on the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic. Topic
 
Hospital instalado por Medicos Sin Fronteras para tratar enfermos de coronavirus  en Leganes.
Foto: Olmo Calvo /MSF
Europe & Central Asia

Spain

We closed our COVID-19 project in 202. Country
 
Switzerland, COVID-19 response in Intensive care unit of HUG. April 14, 2020. ©Nora Teylouni / MSF
Europe & Central Asia

Switzerland

We closed our COVID-19 projects in 2021. Country
 
A man receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the MSF vaccination center in Bar Elias (Bekaa Valley).
Medical activities

Coronavirus

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, most of which are harmless for humans. However, two types can cause severe lung infections. MSF is currently responding to a worldwide coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 Topic
 
Subhan calms his daughter Afia as she receives injection for cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion at the MSF treatment centre in Naseerullah Khan Babar Memorial hospital, Peshawar.

International Activity Report 2019

Read MSF's comprehensive report of medical activities in 72countries around the world in 2019, together with feature articles, facts and figures. Annual Report - 3 Jun 2020
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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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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