Access to Healthcare
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is forced to withdraw its teams from Cameroon’s North-West region
Yaoundé, 3 August 2021 – After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Press Release - 4 Aug 2021
Access to Healthcare
South Africa Unrest: Supporting overstretched health centres and vulnerable communities in the aftermath of the violence
Over 270 people were reported killed in riots and looting that also disrupted access to crucial healthcare services, food, fuel and other essentials. Trucks, stores and shopping malls were burned and looted, as well as 90 pharmacies and some medical centres. Article - 27 Jul 2021
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South Sudan: An MSF record of the consequences of violence since independence
On 9 July 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its tenth birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first decade, including a five-year civil war. Article - 16 Jul 2021
Mental Health
If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
DRC: Voices of Survivors
More than 10,000 people, the vast majority of them women; almost 20% are minors. Behind this figure there are human stories of people who have survived sexual violence and asked for help in health centers supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Given the stigma faced by the patients we assist, these numbers fall short of representing the true magnitude of the problem: 10,810 people found the strength to seek help, how many more suffered and continue to bear the consequences alone, in silence?If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health
DRC: Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent boost to support survivors of sexual violence
MSF warns of the lack of support available for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press Release - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health
It takes a whole village: the need of a multiple approach to assist survivors of sexual violence
In light of the magnitude and the impact of the sexual violence in the country, MSF calls on the Congolese authorities and their partners to act now, in line with the medical, legal and socioeconomic needs that we observe. Article - 15 Jul 2021
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
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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
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