Providing animal-assisted psychological support to victims of violence in Mexico

Our team in Mexico city provides animal-assisted therapy to victims of torture and extreme violence. Project Update - 14 Mar 2023

The city of Malatya, in south central Türkiye, was gravely affected by the earthquakes that hit Türkiye in February 2023.

According to official figures, Malatya held more than 800,000 people before the earthquakes and now has more than 120,000 people displaced. As of March 4, more than 1,300 people died and more than 9,000 were injured.

Search and rescue activities have come to an end in Türkiye, but people are still in dire necessity of medical assistance, food, shelter, toilets, showers, water, heating systems, hygiene kits and relief items such as winter clothing, generators, blankets, and cleaning products.

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At present, MSF is working in partnership with different local NGOs and civil society organisations to provide much needed humanitarian and relief assistance. We focus on neglected areas where our intervention can have an added value.

Among our support through partner local organisations in Türkiye, MSF has donated and continues to donate medical, food, water and logistical supplies, as well as tens of thousands of hygiene kits and relief items, including blankets, electrical stoves and thermal undergarments to help people withstand freezing temperatures. We have also supported water and sanitation needs by constructing showers and toilets in makeshift camps and are supporting psychosocial activities for people affected by the earthquake, including survivors, volunteers and search and rescue teams through individual and group work, as well as by donating pedagogical material for psycho-social workshops.

Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Surviving among the rubble: Syria and Türkiye one month on

One month after the earthquakes that struck northwest Syria and south Türkiye, our project coordinator in Idlib describes the situation on the ground. Interview - 9 Mar 2023

Patients wait to be treated at the MSF Emergency Center of Turgeau.

Haiti

Violent clashes force temporary closure of MSF hospital in Cité Soleil

Violence and security risks have forced MSF to close its hospital in Cité Soleil, Haiti. We call for fighting around the hospital to stop and for medical activities to be respected. Press Release - 9 Mar 2023

As Abs Hospital is the only secondary healthcare hospital in the area, our teams are also managing a referral system for patients requiring further medical care from Abs Hospital to various hospitals in Sana’a, Hajjah and Al Hudaydah cities, in addition to implementing outreach and medical surveillance activities in Abs district.

Yemen

Abs hospital overwhelmed as medical needs surge

Staff and essential services in Abs hospital, Yemen, are overwhelmed. Additional organisations must urgently step up and support the provision of healthcare across Yemen. Press Release - 9 Mar 2023

On 13 February 2023, the MSF team spotted from the bridge a wooden boat in distress located in international waters near Libya. 48 people, including nine minors, have been rescued and are now safely aboard Geo Barents

Mediterranean migration

Appeal lodged against illegitimate detention of MSF rescue ship

A court appeal has been launched against the detention of the Geo Barents, the MSF operated search and rescue ship which is currently detained in an Italian port. Press Release - 7 Mar 2023

Miriam, 20 years old from Côte d'Ivoire, dries her hair with a towel as she gets out of the shower on the ‘streamer deck’.

International Women's Day

Tales of women at sea

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Tales of Women at Sea aims to amplify the voices of women rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. Voices from the Field - 7 Mar 2023

View of the residential buildings destroyed by a missile in Zaporizhzhia on March 02, 2023.

War in Ukraine

MSF teams treating patients after missile attack on residential building in Zaporizhzhia

MSF teams in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, are providing medical and mental health treatment to people following a missile strike on a residential building. Press Release - 2 Mar 2023

MSF social worker Relative Chitungo welcomed Marvellous, right, the first day she stepped into MSF’s Edith clinic seeking support with her pregnancy in Mbare, Zimbabwe. © Dorothy Meck/Afro Vision Trust

International Women's Day

Overcoming taboos to ensure women's sexual health

On International Women's Day, we are championing women who support their communities to ensure everyone has access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. Project Update - 2 Mar 2023

Kutapalong-Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee crisis

Cuts to refugees’ food rations will have severe health impact

MSF warns of severe health impacts after cuts to food rations for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Press Release - 2 Mar 2023

Mr Leung, aged 72, was in a dilemma when he came for a consultation at the MSF mobile vaccination clinic. He was concerned about the rising number of unvaccinated individuals dying. He would like to be vaccinated but is worried about the adverse effects of the vaccines and whether his heart condition allows it. Dr Joyce Ching, MSF medical doctor, spent more than half an hour listening closely to his worries and analysing his medical condition. It’s an approach that the MSF mobile team has used to ensure that the care we provide is people-centred, attentive, dignified and addressing the root cause of hesitancy about vaccines.

Epidemics and pandemics

MSF statement on WHO negotiating body meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Read MSF's statement delivered to the WHO's intergovermental negotiating body meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Speech - 28 Feb 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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