Attacks on medical care
Ethiopia: MSF urges investigation into staff killings and calls for aid teams to be allowed to work in safety
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and insists that aid workers are allowed to do their jobs in safety. Press Release - 5 Jul 2021
Access to Healthcare
Cameroon: thousands of people continue to be denied urgent and life-saving health care as MSF’s activities in the North-West region remain suspended by the government
Yaoundé, 22 June 2021 – While thousands of people struggle to access vital healthcare in the restive North-West region of Cameroon, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is still denied the resumption of its healthcare care services in the region, six months after the forced suspension of its activities by Cameroonian authorities. MSF calls on the government of Cameroon to immediately lift this suspension and prioritize the medical needs of the population. Press Release - 22 Jun 2021
Malaria
Testimonies of people who lost safety in Zamfara
Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is causing a humanitarian crisis. MSF teams in Zamfara state have witnessed an alarming rise in preventable illnesses associated with a lack of food, drinking water, shelter and vaccinations. Testimony - 22 Jun 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Voices from Dadaab: Life goes on, but for how long?
Ahmed lives in a large compound with his extended family on the outskirts of Dagahaley camp in the Dadaab refugee complex. He’s surrounded by an open dusty field to the south, and thorny shrubs to the north. Despite having made a compound using cut shrubs, his home turns dusty at the slight blow of winds, and he says they are not spared during the rainy days, which causes flooding around his house. Testimony - 19 Jun 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Return is not a solution, say refugees in Dadaab after camp closure announcement
Closing the Dadaab refugee camps and pushing people to return to their home countries will lead to a far worse humanitarian crisis, some refugees currently living in the camps say, especially those who previously returned to Somalia but have come back to the camps because of pervasive violence and limited availability of basic services in that country. Article - 18 Jun 2021
Distribution of essentials
Central African Republic: Thousands left vulnerable in Bambari after makeshift camp is destroyed and burnt to ground
Bangui, 17 June 2021 – Some 8,500 people have been expelled from their makeshift camp in Bambari, Central African Republic (CAR) after renewed fighting broke out in the region, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Several thousand people have sought refuge in the compound of a mosque in Bambari town where they are living in very precarious conditions. The camp was burnt to the ground and an MSF-run health post in the camp was also destroyed. Article - 17 Jun 2021
Mental Health
Renewed hope: Caring for deported migrants in Ethiopia
Each year, thousands of Ethiopians make the perilous journey to Saudi Arabia or other Gulf countries, with the false hope of finding work for fair pay. Those who make it to Saudia Arabia often face violence and mistreatment. Since 2017, Saudia Arabia has been detaining the undocumented migrants and deporting them back to their countries of origin. For those returned to Ethiopia, MSF provides emergency care and mental health assistance in Addis Ababa. Article - 16 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: “A chain of women surrounded us, spreading their clothes wide to keep us out of sight”
MSF medical advisor Alyssia Ferrarese has just spent two months in Boma county, South Sudan, as part of a small team assessing people’s health needs and running mobile clinics in remote villages. Living conditions were tough and the work was challenging, but these were more than made up for by moments of deep connection with the local community, say Alyssia. Stories from the Frontline - 12 Jun 2021
Malaria
Nigeria, MSF: Zamfara state gripped by humanitarian crisis as violence escalates
Abuja, 3 June 2021 – Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is causing a humanitarian crisis, warns international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. MSF is calling for an urgent humanitarian response for people in the region, who are desperately short of food, drinking water, shelter, protection and basic services, including healthcare. Press Release - 3 Jun 2021
War and conflict