Access to medicines
Asylum seekers are stuck in appalling conditions in Ethiopia’s Gambella region
Médecins Sans Frontières is concerned about the situation of thousands of asylum seekers from South Sudan who have been stuck for months in appalling conditions in a reception center in Ethiopia’s Gambella region without meaningful access to essential services, especially food aid. MSF is worried that conditions will deteriorate even further in the upcoming rainy season Crisis Update - 8 Apr 2021
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Mozambique: “People ran into the bush to save their lives”
Amparo Vilasmil is MSF mental health activity manager in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. She is part of a team operating in Montepuez, the second most populous city in the province and one of the destinations for people fleeing recent attacks in the coastal town of Palma. Stories from the Frontline - 7 Apr 2021
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In DRC, measles is spreading and killing again
Since December 2020, MSF emergency teams have once again been deployed in the four most affected provinces – North and South Ubangi, Bas-Uélé and Maniema – to treat patients and set up measles vaccination campaigns. Project Update - 1 Apr 2021
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Ethiopia: Tigray’s cities fill with displaced people fleeing insecurity and in need of aid
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of displaced people have arrived in cities in the conflict-hit region of Tigray, northern Ethiopia. They join others who arrived earlier and are staying in schools and empty buildings, in poor conditions and without basic services. Many have already been displaced multiple times since November. Crisis Update - 26 Mar 2021
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“It’s a powder keg waiting to explode”
Before March, the town of Shire in Ethiopia’s North-West region of Tigray already hosted a large number of people who have been displaced by the conflict. Many live with the host community, while about 17,000 lived in three informal IDP sites. In the past few weeks, there has been a massive influx of new arrivals in Shire, where the situation was already dire. MSF emergency coordinator Ozan Agbas describes the current situation. Project Update - 26 Mar 2021
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Project Update - 26 Mar 2021
Soomaaliya: Kooxaha MSF waxa ay ka jawaabayaan soo labakaclaynta caabuqa COVID-19
Hal sano kadib markii ugu horeysay ee la soo sheego COVID-19, Soomaaliya waxay la daalaa dhacaysaa soo labo kaclaynta fayruska. Bishii Maarso, tirooyinka kiisaska ayaa kordhay boqolkiiba 66 bishii hore, sida ay sheegtay isku duwaha caafimaadka MSF Angela Ramirez.Project Update - 26 Mar 2021
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Somalia: MSF teams respond to second wave of COVID-19
MSF teams are supporting ministries of health in Somalia and Somaliland screening patients at entry points of hospitals, strengthening infection prevention and control measures, and providing personal protective equipment to front line health care workers Project Update - 26 Mar 2021
Refugees, Migration and displacement
MSF driver assaulted, staff witness men dragged off buses and killed in Tigray
MSF driver assaulted, staff witness men dragged off buses and killed in Tigray Crisis Update - 24 Mar 2021
Access to medicines
Kenya: Impending stockout of HIV medicines in Homa Bay puts many lives at risk
For the more than 114,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) currently on treatment in Homa Bay County, impending stockouts risk forcing many to interrupt their treatment, wiping away recent gains in suppressing the deadly infection. Press Release - 24 Mar 2021
Tuberculosis
Project Update - 23 Mar 2021
Hagaajinta daryeelka dadka qaba cudurka qaaxada ee daawada u adkaysta Somaliland iyo Puntland
MSF waxay bilowday inay ka taageerto Wasaaradda Horumarinta Caafimaadka Somaliland (MoHD) baaritaanka iyo daaweynta cudurka qaaxada ee daawada u adkeysta (DR-TB) sanadkii 2019. Maanta, MSF waxay ku bixineysaa taageero caafimaad iyo farsamo isbitaalka qaaxada ee ku yaala Hargeysa iyo seddex xarumood oo qaaxada heer gobol ah oo ku kala yaal Boorama, Berbera iyo Burco. . Illaa iyo hadda, 96 bukaan ah oo qaba DR-TB ayaa lagu daweeyay qorshahan, 39 ka mid ah ayaa dhammaystay daaweyntoodii.Project Update - 23 Mar 2021