Access to Healthcare
Sudan: MSF uses camels and donkeys to reach remote mountain villages in Darfur
“The situation here was very difficult: the community in Dilli village had no access to healthcare for several years” says Mohamed Abdallah Juma, a community leader from Dilli, located in the mountainous Jebel Marra area of Sudan’s Darfur region. Article - 19 May 2021
Malnutrition
Testimonials gathered during MSF mobile clinic in Ranobe, Ambosary district, Anosy region, Madagascar (April 2021)
Testimonials Testimony - 17 May 2021
Distribution of essentials
Food and nutrition crisis in Madagascar: “It’s hard to find the words to describe what I witnessed.”
Since the end of March, MSF teams have been responding to one of the worst food and nutrition crises ever experienced in southern Madagascar. Prior to deploying medical personnel, an exploratory team was sent to Amboasary district to conduct logistical and health assessments – actions essential to the rollout of an effective humanitarian response. One of the team was Jean Pletinck, an experienced logistician who has worked with MSF for 28 years. Jean describes the catastrophic living conditions of people in remote regions of southern Madagascar Stories from the Frontline - 17 May 2021
Malnutrition
As famine looms in southern Madagascar, MSF appeals for massive increase in emergency food aid
Antananarivo/Paris, 17 May 2021 – An immediate and massive increase in food aid is urgently needed for people in southern Madagascar, says international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), whose teams in the region are witnessing an exceptionally severe malnutrition crisis which in some places borders on famin Press Release - 17 May 2021
Delivering Hope in the Desert: Helping Mothers Deliver Safely in Dadaab Refugee Camp
Her smile can warm your heart – a true statement that can be gravely taken out of context, depending on the person saying it. But if her picture here is anything to go by, then you know it could be true – at least partly. If you see her handle her patients, or how she interacts with the other staff she manages in her team, and her other colleagues – then it will all fall into place. Stories from the Frontline - 13 May 2021
Access to medicines
100 years after the discovery of insulin, governments and health leaders have a crucial opportunity to support a new global resolution on diabetes and insulin access
MSF calls for ambitious targets for diagnosis, treatment and control of diabetes, in line with the 90-90-90 targets for HIV, and transparency on insulin pricing to ensure affordable access Press Release - 13 May 2021
Access to Healthcare
Responding to emergencies amid the conflict in CAR
Since late December, the situation in Central African Republic (CAR) has quickly worsened, as clashes between a coalition of non-state armed groups and government forces supported by foreign troops, which began amid contested elections, have escalated. In response, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have deployed emergency teams across the country to assist people affected by the violence who live in constant fear of attack by all sides. This is what our teams found in Bossembélé, Grimari and Ippy, three areas hit by the conflict Article - 12 May 2021
Internally Displaced People