Paediatric Health
Sudan: International Breastfeeding Week
Our teams explained how beneficial breast feeding is, for both baby and mother, and encouraged mothers to exclusively breastfeed their babies for the first six months. Article - 6 Aug 2021
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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is forced to withdraw its teams from Cameroon’s North-West region
Yaoundé, 3 August 2021 – After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Press Release - 4 Aug 2021
International Activity Report 2020
International Activity Report - 29 Jul 2021
Access to Healthcare
The Doctors Without Borders ambulance service in South-West Cameroon: an essential lifeline in a region beset by violence
Since 2018, MSF has been running a 24/7 ambulance service, community-level care and support to health facilities in the two regions. In 2020, almost 9,000 referrals were completed through the ambulance service. However, in December 2020, MSF medical services were suspended by Cameroon’s authorities in the North-West Region; this suspension has not been lifted. Article - 29 Jul 2021
Hepatitis
Launch of public health partnership to tackle the silent epidemic of hepatitis C in low- and middle-income countries
Hepatitis C PACT will work in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe –collaborating with ‘champion countries’ that are already revolutionizing hepatitis care Press Release - 28 Jul 2021
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South Africa Unrest: Supporting overstretched health centres and vulnerable communities in the aftermath of the violence
Over 270 people were reported killed in riots and looting that also disrupted access to crucial healthcare services, food, fuel and other essentials. Trucks, stores and shopping malls were burned and looted, as well as 90 pharmacies and some medical centres. Article - 27 Jul 2021
Hepatitis
Hepatitis E cases in Sudan’s Tigray refugee camps highlights shortcomings of international humanitarian response
Hepatitis E is a contagious virus that causes liver disease. It noticeably yellows the eyes and skin, causes fatigue and dark urine, and can lead to acute liver failure and death. Article - 27 Jul 2021
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