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
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
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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
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
Access to Healthcare
DRC: Insecurity and impunity force MSF to halt lifesaving medical work in Nizi and Bambu
MSF has announced that it will close its projects in Nizi and Bambu due to a lack of security guarantees from all parties to the conflict. Press Release - 21 Mar 2022
War and Conflict
War in Ukraine
War has been simmering in eastern Ukraine since 2014. This war escalated on 24 February 2022 when the Russian forces started a full-scale military invasion across Ukraine. This war continues to cause civilian casualties and significant damage to critical and medical infrastructure, particularly in the east, southeast and northeast of the country, where the fighting is most intense.
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
“Being a leader calls for so much”
It is estimated that almost half of Kenyan women aged between 15 and 49 have experienced physical or sexual violence.1 In the overcrowded Mathare slum area of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Médecins Sans Frontières runs a 24-hour sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) care clinic called Lavender House, where Barbara Salano Kerre is the sexual and gender-based violence mental health supervisor. Stories from the Frontline - 7 Mar 2022
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Stories from the Frontline - 22 Feb 2022
Unaccompanied minors: From the streets of Cameroon to a tent in Paris
A street child in Cameroon, Yannick was kidnapped by people traffickers in 2019 and sold as a slave in Libya. He escaped and made it to Europe, where he found refuge in France and receives support from MSF. Now recognised as an unaccompanied minor, he tells us his story.Stories from the Frontline - 22 Feb 2022