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War and conflict

Ethiopia: “I turned around and started running and that is when I was shot”

Survivors describe being shot by soldiers in Adwa, Tigray Stories from the Frontline - 20 Apr 2021

Jeanine Arakaza is looking at the Ruyaga hill where teams where dispatched to treat houses against mosquitoes

Access to Healthcare

Pumps, bicycles and satellites: how MSF is fighting malaria in Burundi

Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have carried out a number of large-scale malaria prevention campaigns in eastern Burundi in recent years, most recently in the hills of Kinyinya. Their objective: to attack the disease at its source by reducing the number of mosquitoes. Project Update - 20 Apr 2021

Refugees, Migration and displacement

Closing refugee camps will blemish Kenya's good record

Opinion on the proposed closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya MSF in the news - 20 Apr 2021

Access to Healthcare

Kenya: Shutting refugee camps will have a devastating impact on refugees

Flashquote from Dana Krause, the Head of Mission for MSF in Kenya Press Release - 16 Apr 2021

MSF supports Emergency Care Units (known locally as UPAs) in Porto Velho, Rondônia state’s capital. Due to the over-saturated health system as a result of COVID-19, the UPAs, which usually only manage the stabilisation of patients before they are transferred to higher level facilities, are having to take in more complex patients than they were designed to handle.

Access to Healthcare

Failed COVID-19 response drives Brazil to humanitarian catastrophe

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urgently calling on Brazilian authorities to acknowledge the severity of the crisis and to put in place a central COVID-19 response and coordination system to prevent further avoidable deaths.

Press Release - 15 Apr 2021

Mohamed Hussein Bule is a school teacher and refugee living with diabetes in Dadaab camp

Access to medicines

MSF calls on WHO to prioritise supply of more quality-assured sources of insulin

Insulin was discovered 100 years ago, but only half of people requiring it have access to this essential medicine today because of challenging storage requirements, complex treatment protocols and high prices. Press Release - 14 Apr 2021

Célestin poses for an anonymous portrait at the Tongolo centre on 27th November 2020.

Access to Healthcare

CAR: Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence

Sexual violence has become a public health issue in Central African Republic (CAR) over the past decade, with women and minors being the most affected groups. In a country marked by years of civil war and facing a long-term crisis, assaults are perpetrated not just by members of armed groups; often the assault is committed by someone known to the victim. While access to medical and psychological care has improved over the years, the response remains insufficient compared to the scale of the needs. Project Update - 13 Apr 2021

Agenda: Workshop on Climate, Disease Outbreaks and WaSH Response on 14th -15th April 2021

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MSF in the news - 12 Apr 2021

Attacks on medical care

Sudan: MSF condemns attack on ambulance taking pregnant woman to hospital

Sudan: MSF condemns attack on ambulance taking pregnant woman to hospital Press Release - 9 Apr 2021

MSF community health educator sensitizing and educating mothers

Access to Healthcare

Five years of providing general healthcare in Nduta refugee camp

Since 2016, Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing health care in the Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania. Teams provide comprehensive health care including general consultation, sexual and reproductive health, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, mental health counselling, health promotion and education as well as referrals from primary to secondary healthcare.

Project Update - 8 Apr 2021