![MSF pharmacist Amina Mahamed hands out medication to patients, MSF outreach supervisor Mahad Ali Aden assists her, since it is a very busy day. [© Susanne Doettling/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf268864_medium.jpg?itok=JnMMxaXF "MSF pharmacist Amina Mahamed hands out medication to patients, MSF outreach supervisor Mahad Ali Aden assists her, since it is a very busy day. [© Susanne Doettling/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
Ethiopia: Flexible healthcare for pastoralist communities
In isolated Doolo Zone, MSF’s community based system aims to enable the teams to respond timely and rapidly to any epidemic Article - 10 May 2019
Access to Healthcare
Mary Rose Makau: " I’ve always found working with pregnant women very fulfilling"
Mary Rose has worked for MSF as a nurse midwife since mid-2018. Stories from the Frontline - 8 Apr 2019
Medical Emergencies
Ethiopia: Once mango season is over, it becomes crocodile season
Markus Boening meets Canadian nurse Rebecca DeBruyn and finds parallels between doing an Ironman Triathlon and supervising the emergency room of Gambela hospital, Ethiopia Article - 19 Mar 2019
Maternal Health
Somalia: Addressing health needs of women and children in Baidoa
MSF resumed activities in Somalia in May 2017, after an absence of close to four years due to extreme attacks on its staff and other serious concerns. Crisis Update - 7 Mar 2019
Access to medicines
Treating snakebite in Ethiopia: “The first ten minutes are critical”
Many more lives could be saved if all snakebite victims in Ethiopia had access to timely and effective care Photo Story - 14 Feb 2019![Mental health consultation in the MSF hospital in Nduta refugee camp, Tanzania. [© MSF/Pierre-Yves Bernard]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf256783_medium.jpg?itok=SnrEKS7F "Mental health consultation in the MSF hospital in Nduta refugee camp, Tanzania. [© MSF/Pierre-Yves Bernard]")
Mental Health
Displaced and distressed: the case of mental health in East Africa
With the exception of Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya, nearly all MSF mental health programmes in the East and Horn region have seen a significant increase of patients. Project Update - 22 Jan 2019
Access to medicines
As WHO issues critical new TB treatment recommendations, MSF calls on governments to urgently scale-up all oral treatment
MSF calls on countries with large numbers of people with DR-TB to urgently start implementing these new treatment guidelines Press Release - 22 Dec 2018
Medical Emergencies
Ethiopian-Kenyan border: “It was overwhelming – no one was expecting injuries on this scale”
MSF emergency coordinator, Abubakar Mohamed, pictured, explains the situation Crisis Update - 21 Dec 2018
War and conflict
Ethiopia: More aid needed for people caught up in multiple displacement crises
MSF’s call comes as its teams end one emergency response in the south of the country while preparing to respond wherever the next crisis arises Crisis Update - 20 Dec 2018
Mental Health
Crisis Update - 10 Oct 2018
Mental health in Africa: Why it matters for young people
On World Mental Health Day MSF is shining a spotlight on the need for more mental health service across the continent, particularly for young children and adolescentsCrisis Update - 10 Oct 2018