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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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A half decade legacy of providing primary health care at Nduta refugee camp – northwest Tanzania
MSF has decided to focus on specialized and secondary health care with the aim of improving the quality of care for refugees and host communities. Press Release - 23 Feb 2021
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For refugees in Hamdayet, Sudan, “everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired”
The current situation in Hamdayet has only created more frustrations, anxiety and fear for this vulnerable group and is having a detrimental impact on their health.” Project Update - 19 Feb 2021
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Bangladesh: Rohingya communities at breaking point
Rohingya refugees are being pushed into increasingly desperate situations, where they have inadequate formal channels to meet their basic needs. Article - 22 Jan 2021
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Central Mali, no choice but to flee
Central Mali is now the deadliest region in the country for civilians, as violence has intensified considerably over the past three years. It presents an alarming picture of people injured, of fatalities and of people forced to leave their homes. MSF is working in the region, supporting the health system and reaching out to isolated populations through our model of community healthcare. Article - 4 Jan 2021
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Ethiopia: “They saw soldiers and civilians coming in, wounded or dead”
Psychological support for MSF staff on the border with Tigray, Ethiopia Project Update - 19 Dec 2020
Fear of violence and poor living conditions: Life inside South Sudan’s largest displacement camp
After armed conflict erupted in South Sudan in 2013, thousands ofpeople fled their villages seeking protection in UN Mission in South
Sudan (UNMISS) bases. Today, there are 5 Protection of Civilian
sites in South Sudan and Bentiu is the largest, hosting 97,000
people. Article - 3 Dec 2020