Internally Displaced People
MSF Crisis Info: Cabo Delgado
The recent attacks in Palma are illustrative of the violence that the population has been exposed to during the conflict in Cabo Delgado, which has been increasing in intensity and spreading over the last year.
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Burkina Faso: providing healthcare in a region ravaged by violence
Burkina Faso’s North region hosts more than 100,000 internally displaced people who fled recurring violence in this part of the country. Since January 2021, MSF’s mobile teams have been offering healthcare support to people in the villages of Sirfou, Todiame, Rounga and Ouindigui, where thousands of these displaced persons have settled, but where access to healthcare and other basic services is severely limited. Article - 4 May 2021
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CAR: Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence
Sexual violence has become a public health issue in Central African Republic (CAR) over the past decade, with women and minors being the most affected groups. In a country marked by years of civil war and facing a long-term crisis, assaults are perpetrated not just by members of armed groups; often the assault is committed by someone known to the victim. While access to medical and psychological care has improved over the years, the response remains insufficient compared to the scale of the needs. Project Update - 13 Apr 2021
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Project Update - 8 Apr 2021
Five years of providing general healthcare in Nduta refugee camp
Since 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing health care in the Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania. Teams provide comprehensive health care including general consultation, sexual and reproductive health, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, mental health counselling, health promotion and education as well as referrals from primary to secondary healthcare.Project Update - 8 Apr 2021
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Mozambique: “People ran into the bush to save their lives”
Amparo Vilasmil is MSF mental health activity manager in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. She is part of a team operating in Montepuez, the second most populous city in the province and one of the destinations for people fleeing recent attacks in the coastal town of Palma. Stories from the Frontline - 7 Apr 2021
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“It’s a powder keg waiting to explode”
Before March, the town of Shire in Ethiopia’s North-West region of Tigray already hosted a large number of people who have been displaced by the conflict. Many live with the host community, while about 17,000 lived in three informal IDP sites. In the past few weeks, there has been a massive influx of new arrivals in Shire, where the situation was already dire. MSF emergency coordinator Ozan Agbas describes the current situation. Project Update - 26 Mar 2021
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Kenya: Impending stockout of HIV medicines in Homa Bay puts many lives at risk
For the more than 114,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) currently on treatment in Homa Bay County, impending stockouts risk forcing many to interrupt their treatment, wiping away recent gains in suppressing the deadly infection. Press Release - 24 Mar 2021
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Mozambique: Giving people an outlet to express their pain
In northern Mozambique, the traumas that internally displaced people (IDPs) have lived through are taking their toll - MSF mental health workers are giving them an outlet to express their pain. Crisis Update - 3 Mar 2021
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Behind my mask: Dr. Asma's Story
I am Dr. Asma Aweis Abdullahi, medical activity manager in Baidoa project in Somalia. I have been working with MSF since April 2018. Stories from the Frontline - 25 Feb 2021
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