Access to Healthcare
Forced suspension of majority of MSF activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia, as well as in the west and northwest of Tigray region, to comply with a three-month suspension order from the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on July 30th. Crisis Update - 10 Sep 2021
Access to Healthcare
Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on 8 August. During the clashes, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) transformed its office space into a temporary trauma unit to treat the people wounded. That unit is now closed and on 16 August all patients were transferred to the nearly-finished Kunduz Trauma Centre that MSF had been building since 2018. The local community still requires trauma care. A medic in MSF’s Kunduz team describes their experience during the fighting and the work that is going on today. Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2021
Access to Healthcare
Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
Though the immediate emergency has subsided many villages and towns are still without clean water and lack access to functioning health care centers, which MSF is addressing through WATSAN activities and mobile clinics to rural areas. Project Update - 9 Sep 2021
Paediatric Health
Treating child injuries in blockaded Gaza
Since June 2020, MSF’s team of orthopedic and plastic surgeons in Al Awda hospital in Gaza, treat complex child injuries giving the children the best chance of recovery. Article - 6 Sep 2021
Access to Healthcare
Daring to dream again: John Theuri
John Theuri is a patient at MSF´s Methadone Assisted Therapy (MAT) clinic in Kiambu, set up to reduce harm amongst people who use drugs. Coming to the clinic and getting off heroin has changed his life, allowing him to be welcomed back into his family. In commemoration of the International Overdose Awareness Day, marked annually on August 31st to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends, John shares his story. Article - 1 Sep 2021
Access to Healthcare
John Mwangi: Drug Abuse, Its effects and the journey to reforming
John Mwangi is a patient at MSF´s Methadone Assisted Therapy (MAT) clinic in Kiambu, set up to reduce harm amongst people who use drugs. Coming to the clinic and getting off heroin has changed his life, allowing him to be welcomed back into his family. In commemoration of the International Overdose Awareness Day, marked annually on August 31st to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends, John shares his story. Article - 1 Sep 2021
Hepatitis
South Sudan: Two deaths from hepatitis E as result of deplorable sanitation condition in Bentiu IDP camp
The situation in Bentiu is critical - there have been two deaths from hepatitis E and an exponential growth in the number of people with acute watery diarrhea Press Release - 25 Aug 2021
Mental Health
Kyrgyzstan: Four months after clashes, people aspire to normality
Following clashes in April that caused widespread destruction in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan, people are gradually recovering from the initial shock. Marcos Matías Moyano, MSF’s Mental Health Advisor, was in Kyrgyzstan recently to support the organisation’s response and he explains how the clashes have impacted peoples’ lives. Stories from the Frontline - 13 Aug 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Responding to COVID-19: Global Accountability Report 4
January to April 2021 Reports - 12 Aug 2021
War and conflict