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Eswatini: Everything for patients
In Eswatini, MSF continues to work to bring medical care closer to patients and their communities. Here's a snapshot of our ongoing work Project Update - 3 Feb 2023![A patient support group at the Blantyre cervical cancer hospital, Malawi [© Diego Menjibar]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb146491_medium.jpg?itok=gD0EDedf "A patient support group at the Blantyre cervical cancer hospital, Malawi [© Diego Menjibar]")
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Malawi: Managing cervical cancer in a country with limited treatment options
Cervical cancer accounts for 37 per cent of new cancers in women in Malawi. Since 2018, MSF has been working to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer and bring down deaths from the disease in the districts of Blantyre and Chiradzulu. MSF head of mission Marion Péchayre explains how. Project Update - 2 Feb 2023![MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb145165_medium.jpg?itok=Th5Yfuea "MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre [Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]")
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At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
Treating people all across Ethiopia
More than 22 million people were estimated to need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022.1 Many faced the tragic consequences of conflict, particularly communities in the regions of Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Nations (SNNPR).At the same time, natural disasters pushed people’s coping mechanisms to their limits. Communities across the vastness of the Somali region experienced what is reported as the worst drought in forty years, and when floods struck the Gambella region, more than 180,000 people were displaced from their homes, and health facilities suffered extensive damage. Project Update - 27 Dec 2022
HIV/AIDS
How care and counselling helped Abdo take control of his HIV
People with HIV who stick strictly to their medication regime can live long and healthy lives. But without the medication, their immune systems weaken and they are unable to fight off infections. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Dec 2022
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS in the DRC: Behind the progress, huge challenges remain
20 years ago, MSF teams in the DRC opened the first treatment centre offering free care to people living with HIV in Kinshasa. Since then, great progress has been achieved in the country. But major gaps remain, causing thousands of preventable deaths. Article - 1 Dec 2022
Ebola
Ebola: Health promotion is key
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are involved in supporting the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) in Ebola case management and are carrying out health promotion, a major pillar in fighting the disease. Outreach activities take place in Mubende and Kasanda, where the first cases were identified this September, and in Kampala and Masaka. Article - 27 Nov 2022
Mental Health
Kenya: Stigma and discrimination increase exclusion from mental healthcare for vulnerable populations
Mental health services must be adapted urgently to respond to the needs of vulnerable populations through confidential, friendly, gender-responsive services, and support from health workers while addressing their overlapping vulnerabilities. Article - 25 Nov 2022
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Mozambique: MSF condemns killing of Beira sex workers and calls for their safety
Two sex workers who were part of MSF's programme killed, raising fear and barriers to healthcare Press Release - 21 Nov 2022
Attacks on medical care