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“People are suffering”: Displacement continues, leaving hundreds of thousands exposed in Benue State of Nigeria
Persistent and increased violence in the Middle Belt of Nigeria is causing new waves of displacement into informal camps where services and support are non-existent. The newly displaced population is in urgent need of shelter, WASH services, vaccination, and protection Project Update - 13 Sep 2021
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4 reasons why Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna must share COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology NOW
Imagine the difference it could make if African countries that are facing waves of COVID-19 infections didn´t have to rely on imports of vaccines: they could produce them themselves. Article - 10 Sep 2021
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Forced suspension of majority of MSF activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia, as well as in the west and northwest of Tigray region, to comply with a three-month suspension order from the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on July 30th. Crisis Update - 10 Sep 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Surviving COVID-19 and living with the stigma in Homa Bay, Kenya
During the last surge from May to July 2021, MSF admitted 350 patients to its COVID-19 High Dependency Unit (HDU) in the Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital. The majority of the patients were in severe to critical condition. Three out of four required oxygen therapy. The hospital reported an average mortality rate of 30% in the COVID-19 HDU during the peak. In July 2021, MSF collected testimonies from patients who were treated at the hospital about their lives and attitudes towards safety and risk of getting COVID-19 –both before and after falling ill. Stories from the Frontline - 10 Sep 2021
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Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on 8 August. During the clashes, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) transformed its office space into a temporary trauma unit to treat the people wounded. That unit is now closed and on 16 August all patients were transferred to the nearly-finished Kunduz Trauma Centre that MSF had been building since 2018. The local community still requires trauma care. A medic in MSF’s Kunduz team describes their experience during the fighting and the work that is going on today. Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2021
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Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
Though the immediate emergency has subsided many villages and towns are still without clean water and lack access to functioning health care centers, which MSF is addressing through WATSAN activities and mobile clinics to rural areas. Project Update - 9 Sep 2021
International Activity Report 2020
Annual Report - 7 Sep 2021
Paediatric Health
Treating child injuries in blockaded Gaza
Since June 2020, MSF’s team of orthopedic and plastic surgeons in Al Awda hospital in Gaza, treat complex child injuries giving the children the best chance of recovery. Article - 6 Sep 2021
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