COVID-19 Coronavirus
Stories from the Frontline - 28 Apr 2020
A day in the life of an MSF health promoter in times of COVID-19
Tumaini Kombe is a Tanzanian health promoter with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Nduta refugee camp, north-western Tanzania, where MSF is the sole healthcare provider for 75,000 Burundian refugees. As the focal point for health promotion, Tumaini is working on preventative measures for a COVID-19 outbreak in Nduta camp through community engagement.Stories from the Frontline - 28 Apr 2020
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Kenya: Adapting to COVID-19
Across our projects in Kenya, MSF is working to adapt its programmes to respond to COVID-19 Article - 16 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Covid-19: MSF provides support with response in second worst affected province in Iran
MSF has sent a 50-bed inflatable treatment unit and an emergency team of nine people to Isfahan, the second worst affected province in Iran, to increase hospital capacity for treating the critically ill. Article - 23 Mar 2020![Patients waiting to take their methadone at the Karuri MAT clinic [© Paul Odongo/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf308280_medium.jpg?itok=O6PmUkp0 "Patients waiting to take their methadone at the Karuri MAT clinic [© Paul Odongo/MSF]")
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“I never thought I would get hooked,” reprieve for drugs users through a holistic approach
MSF's new facility in Kiambu, Kenya offers a one-stop clinic for people who use drugs (PWUDs) and aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with illicit opioid drug use Article - 13 Mar 2020
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Mali – Fleeing violence in Niger, the refugee population remains vulnerable
"Our living conditions are shameful. We lack food, shelter, assistance and we continue to live in fear", complains Issouf. Like many others, he and his family fled clashes between Nigerian forces and armed groups in northern Niger, to take refuge in Mali on the other side of the border. Communication - 6 Mar 2020
Distribution of essentials
Asylum seeker dies in Libya’s detention centre fire.
2 March, 2020 – Yefren, Libya. During the night of Saturday 29 February to Sunday 1 March, a fire broke out in Dhar el Jebel detention centre, where over 500 refugees and migrants are arbitrarily detained south of Tripoli in the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. A 26 years old Eritrean man tragically lost his life as he got caught up in the flames while sleeping in one of the overcrowded cells of the detention centre. Press Release - 3 Mar 2020
Mental Health
No Way Out: Doctors Without Borders Report Shows Damaging Health Impacts of US-Mexico Migration Policies
Mexico City/New York, NY, February 11, 2020—New migration policies imposed by the United States and Mexico are trapping many Central Americans in dangerous conditions, with severe consequences for their physical and mental health, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a report released today. Article - 10 Feb 2020
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Liberia: A growing cohort of epilepsy patients shows how life-changing treatment is possible
One of the world's most common neurological diseases, epilepsy affects nearly 50 million people, but in low-income countries more than 75 percent of people with epilepsy do not have access to treatment, according to World Health Organization figures. In Liberia, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in collaboration with five local health facilities to treat more than 1,300 epilepsy patients. Ahead of International Epilepsy Day, February 10, Emmanuel Ballah, an MSF mental health and epilepsy supervisor in Monrovia, Liberia, describes the challenges that people face with epilepsy and how MSF is working with families, communities and health facilities to treat these patients: Stories from the Frontline - 6 Feb 2020
HIV/AIDS
Four things you need to know about South Sudanese refugees in Sudan
In December 2019, MSF opened a new 85-bed hospital in White Nile state, Sudan, upgrading the existing services in order to strengthen the quality of healthcare provided to South Sudanese refugees and the local community. The hospital, in Al Kashafa refugee camp, provides primary and secondary healthcare for patients with complicated conditions, including severely malnourished children and people with chronic infectious diseases, such as HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Article - 4 Feb 2020
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