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Young South Sudanese refugees pose for a photograph in Biringi, Ituri Province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo [PHOTO: ALEXIS HUGUET/MSF]

Ebola

DRC: Fighting measles in Ebola-affected areas

Dr Nicolas Peyraud, an MSF vaccination referent, has just returned from several assignments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where he helped to set up measles vaccination campaigns in collaboration with UNICEF and the Congolese Ministry of Health. In areas also affected by the Ebola outbreak, providing care for children suffering from measles and vaccinating those at risk pose additional challenges for health workers. Dr Peyraud explains these. Interview - 23 Dec 2019

Measles

DRC: Efforts to tackle the deadly measles epidemic remain insufficient

Since January 2019, more than 288,000 people have contracted measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and more than 5,700 have died from the disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this is the largest measles epidemic in the world today and the largest recorded in DRC for decades. Efforts have been made at the national level, but more resources must be quickly committed and targeted to areas that are still suffering from this disease in order to stop this outbreak Press Release - 23 Dec 2019

A woman fetching water from an MSF water point, in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan

Access to Healthcare

“You use what you have, as best you can.”

In early December logistician Karla Claus finished two years of back-to-back missions with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF). In that time, her work took Karla across South Sudan, a country with no shortage of challenges and crises. Here she reflects on her recent assignment as part of the emergency response to the severe flooding that South Sudan has faced since July.

Project Update - 23 Dec 2019

Stone Grant: Samuel Abuvu Paul [Photo: Ana Adlerstein/MSF]

Primary care

STONE GRANT - Samuel is one of eight South Sudanese recipients of the grant this year.

Samuel Abuvu Paul, 24, has worked as a guard – with MSF in Mundri, South Sudan since May 2017. Like many of the places MSF works in South Sudan, young, bright, dedicated students in Mundri have had to flee armed-conflict to save their lives, thereby losing opportunities to continue their schooling. To address such issues and increase the capacity of our South Sudanese colleagues, MSF started the STONE and Study grants. Samuel is one of eight South Sudanese recipients of the grant this year. The scholarship will allow him to study engineering at the International University of East Africa, in Uganda. Stories from the Frontline - 20 Dec 2019

Sex worker in the Kimbi project, South Kivu[Photo: Nathalie San Gil/MSF]

HIV/AIDS

Violence in the Fields

In the province of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams treat survivors of sexual and gender based violence. Many are survivors of rape and multiple forms of violence often perpetrated at community level. The main challenges facing the team are encouraging survivors to come forward, breaking down stigma and information around essential services and care. To help address this, MSF has put in place a community-based strategy with trusted focal points within the community. Article - 18 Dec 2019

HIV/AIDS

DRC: HIV/AIDS in mining areas

In the South East of the South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operates at the Misisi health centre. The mining area of Misisi is home to many miners, sex workers and people living with HIV/AIDS Article - 18 Dec 2019

Masisi, a neglected crisis in North Kivu[Photo: Pablo Garrigos/MSF]

Primary care

DR Congo: extra humanitarian assistance highly needed in southern North Kivu crisis

· Far from the cameras, a humanitarian crisis is affecting the southern part of DRC’s North Kivu province, with almost no aid organisations on the ground.

· In the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale, more than 687,500 displaced people now live in camps or are hosted by local families, with worrying levels of malnutrition and sexual violence.

· Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the last organisations providing emergency support in these territories. Faced with increasing medical and non-medical needs, MSF is calling on humanitarian organisations and donors to urgently return to this neglected area. Press Release - 16 Dec 2019

A boy leads a donkey with water canisters from the berkit (rainwater collecting clay pond)[Photo:Susanne Doettling/MSF]