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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Netherlands

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Norway

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CAPTIONS: Jolie Mbambo lives in Kinkole / Kinshasa As the DRC faces a new outbreak of COVID19 epidemic cases, respecting barrier gestures and vaccination are the only ways to protect against infection. Wearing correctly a mask is however rarely respected, notes Jolie. A resident of Kinkole, a disadvantaged neighborhood in the megalopolis of Kinshasa, the epicenter of the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she continues to challenge her community on this issue, which is essential to her.
Europe & Central Asia

Portugal

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Much of the local economy depends on the rearing of livestock such as cows, goats and camels. Because of a lack of rain and a very bad harvest this year, it has become difficult for famers to feed their animals. Some have taken their cattle south to find pastures, or to sell their animals.
Crisis settings

Climate emergency

The health impacts of a changing climate are already a burden for many people in the world, including those MSF teams assist. Topic
 
2022_03_01 Poland, Hrebenne . Border crossing with Ukraine. Refugees who escaped from Ukraine in makeshift humanitarian point.
Europe & Central Asia

Poland

Find out more on the latest MSF medical humanitarian activities in Poland. Country
 
Contextual photos of destruction, Chernihiv, Ukraine
In Focus

War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has caused the displacement of millions of people as well as severe medical and humanitarian needs. MSF teams are responding to the conflict across Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. Topic
 
Nijole Slapsinskaite, MSF nurse, is starting her morning round in Medininkai camp, Lithuania, where people who had crossed the border from Belarus are being held. During her rounds she checks upon people, provides referrals to the camp doctor and medication to those in need. Currently, around 620 people live in this camp, most of them coming from Middle Eastern countries.

MSF is supporting people living in the camp providing psychological support, general medical consultations and referrals, and basic necessities such as hygiene products and clothing.
Europe & Central Asia

Lithuania

MSF left Lithuania in 2023. Country
 
With the support of MSF physiotherapist Rula Marahfeh  Ahmed Darwesch learns how to walk again. The 11 years old boy was injured in an explosion in Yemen.

International Activity Report 2021

Read the full details of MSF's activities across more than 70 countries in 2021. Annual Report - 13 Jul 2022
 
A health worker wears the personal protective equipment before entering the control area of the MSF care center for mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 in São Gabriel da Cachoeira. The facility was specifically adapted to suit local traditions; over 90 percent of the population of São Gabriel da Cachoeira is of indigenous origin. In the care centre, for example, indigenous patients with COVID-19 can remain for the duration of treatment with a carer, something that is not usually allowed in hospitals. Hammocks are available for patients and companions. In addition, traditional medicines used by many people in the region are accepted at the centre and can be taken together with the treatment offered by MSF, as long as their combination does not cause any adverse effects. Shamans, spiritual leaders of indigenous communities, can visit and perform rituals. The only requirement is that they use personal protective equipment to avoid being contaminated while in contact with the patient.

International Activity Report 2020

Annual Report - 29 Jul 2021
 
In Rubkona, South Sudan, vehicles lay abandoned and submerged in the floods that have devastated the area.
The Americas

Argentina

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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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