352 Results For "mental health"
 
Mental Health

Treating invisible wounds in the aftermath of conflict in South Sudan

Between January to July 2022, MSF conducted more than 11,500 individual and group mental health consultations in seven projects in different parts of the country. Article - 24 Aug 2022
 
Access to Healthcare

“Drug addiction is an illness that should be treated just like any other illness”

"Working with people who use drugs was something totally new to me. In Kenya I also found a totally different culture from what I am used to, but I have interacted with good people and the staff I have worked with are talented and know their work well," Ijaaz Zarin – MSF project coordinator, Kiambu. Stories from the Frontline - 5 Aug 2022
 
Distribution of essentials

Mozambique: Three new developments in the Cabo Delgado crisis

The northern province of Cabo Delgado is one of Mozambique’s most volatile regions, the scene of an intense conflict since October 2017, resulting in some 800,000 people fleeing from their homes. These are the latest developments. Article - 9 Jul 2022
 
Mental Health

World Refugee Day: MSF launches a new mental health intervention at Tongogara Refugee Camp

Today on World Refugee Day, MSF launches a new mental health intervention at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC) in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, a place that has become home to nearly 15,000 refugees. Press Release - 20 Jun 2022
 
Access to Healthcare

“I don’t feel heartache, it’s deep in my soul” – The mental health needs in Ukraine

MSF teams are seeing a spectrum of mental health problems in people as a result of the war Crisis Update - 6 Jun 2022
 
Mental Health

A month after the KwaZulu-Natal flash floods, Doctors Without Borders thinks people should be aware of these three issues

MSF team has been on the ground assisting the most vulnerable communities. Article - 18 May 2022
 
300 outpatient consultations are performed every day at the MSF clinic in Nyakabande holding camp
Access to Healthcare

Uganda: MSF provides assistance to 18,000 Congolese refugees in Nyakabande holding camp

More assistance is needed to offer decent living conditions and access to medical care to refugees living in the holding camp Press Release - 17 May 2022
 
War and conflict

Finding the most useful role – MSF’s response in and around Ukraine

We have identified several key areas where our humanitarian and medical support can be of real, practical and sometimes directly lifesaving benefit. Article - 13 Apr 2022
 
Aerial view of Dagahaley camp
Access to Healthcare

Kenya: Focus on solutions for Dadaab refugees critical as humanitarian needs increase

The push for durable solutions for refugees needs to be hastened to ensure refugees are self-reliant, economically empowered and well-integrated by providing them with the tools and opportunities to integrate into society. Project Update - 6 Apr 2022
 
in Makeni Correctional Centre in Sierra Leone during a screening session for TB with an inmate in th
Access to Healthcare

Sierra Leone’s first outpatient model of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis allows patients to stay in the community

In cooperation with Sierra Leone’s National Tuberculosis Programme, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing care to patients with drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Bombali district, Sierra Leone. An outpatient model of care allows patients for the first time to start and continue their treatment at home. Project Update - 24 Mar 2022