Mental Health
If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
DRC: Voices of Survivors
More than 10,000 people, the vast majority of them women; almost 20% are minors. Behind this figure there are human stories of people who have survived sexual violence and asked for help in health centers supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Given the stigma faced by the patients we assist, these numbers fall short of representing the true magnitude of the problem: 10,810 people found the strength to seek help, how many more suffered and continue to bear the consequences alone, in silence?If their stories are often similar, all the people we met say they endure their own sorrow on a daily basis. They thus experience a double penalty, that of physical and mental injuries and that, less visible and unspoken, of socioeconomic exclusion. Stories from the Frontline - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health
DRC: Doctors Without Borders calls for urgent boost to support survivors of sexual violence
MSF warns of the lack of support available for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Press Release - 15 Jul 2021
Mental Health
It takes a whole village: the need of a multiple approach to assist survivors of sexual violence
In light of the magnitude and the impact of the sexual violence in the country, MSF calls on the Congolese authorities and their partners to act now, in line with the medical, legal and socioeconomic needs that we observe. Article - 15 Jul 2021
Malnutrition
Vaccinating more children in Somalia’s Lower Juba region could save thousands from dying of measles
In May 2021, MSF supported Ministry of Health staff to run a month-long measles vaccination campaign in Dhobley, in Somalia’s Lower Juba region. Article - 10 Jul 2021
Access to Healthcare
Sierra Leone: Living through epidemics and expanding in challenging times
Since March 2019, MSF has run a 91-bed paediatric hospital in Hangha town, Kenema district, in eastern Sierra Leone. The hospital currently provides paediatric services to children under five through its emergency room, intensive care unit and two general paediatric wards. It also treats malnutrition through a therapeutic feeding centre. These services are complemented by a central laboratory and a blood bank. In the future, the hospital will be fully run on solar energy. Article - 10 Jul 2021
Attacks on medical care
María, Yohannes and Tedros, remembered by their colleagues
María Hernández, Yohannes Halefom and Tedros Gebremariam were killed on 24 June in Tigray, Ethiopia. Their colleagues from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) remember them. Article - 6 Jul 2021
Attacks on medical care
Ethiopia: MSF urges investigation into staff killings and calls for aid teams to be allowed to work in safety
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for an immediate investigation into the killings and insists that aid workers are allowed to do their jobs in safety. Press Release - 5 Jul 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement
While appalling tragedies unfold in the central Mediterranean, MSF is determined to return to sea to save lives after Geo Barents detained in Italy
MSF calls upon the Italian authorities to swiftly facilitate the release of its search and rescue ship, to enable its return to sea as soon as possible. Press Release - 5 Jul 2021
Paediatric Health