msf.org - 13 Jul 2023

On 3 July 2023, MSF team onboard of Geo Barents conducted 4 different rescues in the Maltese SAR zone. In total, 196 survivors were rescued, including 47 unaccompanied minors, 16 women, and 1 baby.

In the first rescue, our team was guided by aerial support from Pilotes Volontaires during the active search for this boat, which lasted more than 1.5 hours.

 While the last 3 rescues were all coordinated through the Italian MRCC.

The Italian authorities have assigned us Marina di Carrara as a place of #safety to disembark the survivors.

Mediterranean migration

European Commission must scrutinise Italian law restricting rescues at sea

Five leading NGOs have submitted a complaint to the European Commission about Italian Law 15/2023 and practices hindering saving lives at sea. Press Release - 13 Jul 2023

“This morning we came very early to the clinic, at 4:00 a.m.. We didn't really know where the clinic was and we were told that there would be a long queue. It took us about 4 minutes to arrive here.

I have two children. My eldest is four years old and he is at home. This little one is called Adnelson, he’s only eight months old. He has a problem with his ear, it looks like a pimple. My husband works as a trader; he sells soft drinks while I take care of our children. We have enough to live on. We live with our extended family, with six other people. All the adults of the family have work to be able to make a living.

So far, the children have been in good health and we have not needed any medical treatment. When a child has a fever, we resort to traditional medicine,” says 24-year-old mother, Annette.

International Financial Report 2022

Annual Report - 11 Jul 2023

Haiti

Armed men violently enter Tabarre hospital and forcibly remove patient

All our activities at the Tabarre hospital in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince are currently suspended, after armed men stormed the facility and forcibly removed a patient with gunshot wounds. Press Release - 7 Jul 2023

An arm circumference tape on one of the table of the mobile clinic. Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) tapes are predominately used to measure the upper arm circumference of children aged 0 to 5, helping identify malnutrition.

Ethiopia

Immediate resumption of food distributions urgently needed in Ethiopia

We are witnessing alarmingly high levels of malnutrition in Ethiopia; it is vital that food distributions resume immediately. Press Release - 7 Jul 2023

Angola

Tackling malnutrition and malaria in Angola

Malnutrition and malaria are common in remote communities in Angola, especially during peaks of drought and heavy rain. MSF has been responding in collaboration with local authorities. Project Update - 6 Jul 2023

Haiti

The living hell of Port-au-Prince

In three episodes and through 15 personal accounts, this series sets out to describe the daily lives of the inhabitants of Port-au-Prince, spent in fear and in the face of continuous gang violence. Documentary - 6 Jul 2023

Syria

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

We call on the United Nations Security Council to renew the cross-border resolution for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Press Release - 5 Jul 2023

MSF’s al-Wahda post-operative hospital in East Mosul

Iraq

MSF halts key medical activities in Mosul due to administrative obstacles

We call on the relevant authorities to facilitate clearance procedures so that we can continue providing much-needed medical and humanitarian aid in Iraq. Press Release - 5 Jul 2023

Rows of tents where children suffering from malnutrition are stabilized and treated

Nigeria

Urgent action needed to avert catastrophic malnutrition crisis

As an escalating malnutrition crisis looms in northwest Nigeria, we call on the Nigerian government and local health authorities to act now to prevent a catastrophic loss of life. Press Release - 3 Jul 2023

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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