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New MSF hospital in White Nile state to strengthen the quality of healthcare provided to refugees and local community
Khartoum/Al Kashafa, 23 January 2020 – Today, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) inaugurates a new hospital in Al Kashafa refugee camp, White Nile state, Sudan. The hospital will strengthen the quality of healthcare being provided to South Sudanese refugees and the local community. Press Release - 24 Jan 2020![Kingsley Makwale MSF clinician examining Aisha at Mbenje Health Centre [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295979_medium.jpg?itok=0kQyQ5hG "Kingsley Makwale MSF clinician examining Aisha at Mbenje Health Centre [Photo: Isabel Corthier/MSF]")
HIV/AIDS
“No time to lose”: AIDS deaths toll stagnating due to lack of basic testing at community level
A 15-country snapshot report on progress in the fight against advanced HIV Press Release - 2 Dec 2019
Distribution of essentials
SHUT OUT & FORGOTTEN
Refugees in Dadaab appeal for Dignity Article - 18 Nov 2019
![Kidnapping of migrants has been for a while now a lucrative business for the criminal gangs operating in the Mexican northern cities bordering the US. [photo: Juan Carlos Tomasi]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf236305_medium.jpg?itok=F0qSKZPf "Kidnapping of migrants has been for a while now a lucrative business for the criminal gangs operating in the Mexican northern cities bordering the US. [photo: Juan Carlos Tomasi]")
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Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
Increase in kidnappings and extreme violence against migrants on the southern border of Mexico
The policies of criminalisation, persecution, detention and deportation applied in Mexico in order to contain migratory flows to the northern border with the US have forced the migrant population to go underground and take increasingly dangerous routes where they are more vulnerable to criminal gangs and violence during their journey through Mexico.Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
Mental Health
Travelling the world for better mental health care
By Harriet Ogayo MSF in the news - 16 Oct 2019![Two-and-half year old Justin* receives his shot the investigational Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV,at a vaccination point set up in the community of Kimbangu in the city of Beni. [© Samuel Sieber/MSF ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf287201_medium.jpg?itok=hu8R6loI "Two-and-half year old Justin* receives his shot the investigational Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV,at a vaccination point set up in the community of Kimbangu in the city of Beni. [© Samuel Sieber/MSF ]")
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Vaccinating against Ebola: The challenges of containing the outbreak in Beni
Beni is one of the recurring hotspots of the current Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Nord Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). MSF has recently started supporting vaccination activities but reaching the right people in time is a complex endeavour. Project Update - 3 Oct 2019![Thousands of life jackets left behind by arriving migrants are gathered at a dump on Lesbos Island, Greece. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf237451_medium.jpg?itok=UXf4DivG "Thousands of life jackets left behind by arriving migrants are gathered at a dump on Lesbos Island, Greece. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change]")
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Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2019
Greece: Islands once again at breaking point
As sea arrivals reach record high numbers, vulnerable people on Lesbos remain trapped in overcrowded and unsafe conditions – without access to urgently needed mental health and medical care.Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2019
![Refugees trapped in Moria camp on Lesbos Island. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf237457_medium.jpg?itok=EjAONYf9 "Refugees trapped in Moria camp on Lesbos Island. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change ]")
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