Measles
MSF measles vaccination in Dhobley, Somalia.
We share with you a photo story that describes how a vaccination day is run with MSF in Somalia’s Lower Juba town of Dhobley. Photo Story - 2 Jul 2021
Attacks on medical care
Statement - 25 Jun 2021
MSF: Horrified by the brutal murder of three colleagues in Ethiopia
Today we are in mourning after receiving confirmation of the death of three of our colleagues who were working in Tigray. Maria Hernandez, our emergency coordinator, Yohannes Halefom Reda, our assistant coordinator and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael our driver, were travelling yesterday afternoon when we lost contact with them. This morning the vehicle was found empty and a few metres away, their lifeless bodies.Statement - 25 Jun 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Homa Bay: Stronger response needed to alleviate loss of lives as covid-19 situation worsens
Homa Bay, Friday, 25 June 2021: Many patients with COVID-19 in Homa Bay County risk losing their lives due to complications from the virus if the response is not ramped up in the county, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is warning. Press Release - 25 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
Libya: Recurrent violence against refugees and migrants in Tripoli detention centres forces MSF to suspend activities
Tripoli, Libya, 22 June 2021 – Following repeated incidents of violence towards refugees and migrants held in two detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli, international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today that it feels obliged to temporarily suspend its activities in Mabani and Abu Salim detention centres. Press Release - 23 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
Cameroon: thousands of people continue to be denied urgent and life-saving health care as MSF’s activities in the North-West region remain suspended by the government
Yaoundé, 22 June 2021 – While thousands of people struggle to access vital healthcare in the restive North-West region of Cameroon, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is still denied the resumption of its healthcare care services in the region, six months after the forced suspension of its activities by Cameroonian authorities. MSF calls on the government of Cameroon to immediately lift this suspension and prioritize the medical needs of the population. Press Release - 22 Jun 2021
Malaria
Testimonies of people who lost safety in Zamfara
Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is causing a humanitarian crisis. MSF teams in Zamfara state have witnessed an alarming rise in preventable illnesses associated with a lack of food, drinking water, shelter and vaccinations. Testimony - 22 Jun 2021
Malnutrition
Nutritional crisis: MSF prepares for a major spike this year in southern Niger and north-western Nigeria
21 June 2021. Faced with an unusually high influx of malnourished children in the health structures supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Madarounfa in the Maradi region of Niger, the international humanitarian organisation is mobilising to expand its medico-nutritional activities there, as well as in the state of Katsina on the other side of the border in Nigeria, in order to cope with the period of food shortage and the seasonal peak in malaria, which are likely to be particularly devastating this year. Press Release - 21 Jun 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
MSF calls on BioNTech to immediately share COVID-19 vaccine technology and recipe
BioNTech’s long-term plan to develop COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing on African continent needs to be massively accelerated Press Release - 21 Jun 2021
Distribution of essentials
Sudan: Families surviving on mangoes after fleeing violence in Jebel Marra, Darfur
20 June 2021 –Thousands of people have been displaced without food, water or basic sanitation following clashes in Jebel Marra, South Darfur State. Article - 21 Jun 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement