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Access to Healthcare

South Sudan: MSF hands over adult inpatient services of Malakal Teaching Hospital to the Ministry of Health

After rehabilitating Malakal Teaching Hospital in 2017, MSF is now handing over the adult inpatient services to the South Sudan Ministry of Health Press Release - 24 Sep 2019
 
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Ebola in DRC: MSF calls for an international, independent committee for Ebola vaccination to overcome WHO’s lack of transparency

An international, independent coordination committee must be set up and assigned transparent management of the Ebola vaccine stock and its deployment in the field. - 23 Sep 2019
 
Nicole Niyoyankunze, an MSF health promotion worker, raises awareness among carpenters in the Bwiza district, Bujumbura. [ Evrard Ngendakumana ]
Access to Healthcare

In Bujumbura, accident victims get back on their feet for free

In Bujumbura, MSF staff treats about 2,000 patients every month in its trauma center “L’Arche de Kigobe”. Project Update - 12 Sep 2019
 
MSF emergency team during the malaria intervention in Baringo county [ © Vincent Ndichu / MSF ]
Access to Healthcare

MSF responds to Malaria Outbreaks in North-Western Kenya

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team in Turkana to conduct an assessment following a reported upsurge in Malaria cases in the county.

 Project Update - 11 Sep 2019
 
Thousands of life jackets left behind by arriving migrants are gathered at a dump on Lesbos Island, Greece. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change]
Access to Healthcare

Greece: Islands once again at breaking point

As sea arrivals reach record high numbers, vulnerable people on Lesbos remain trapped in overcrowded and unsafe conditions – without access to urgently needed mental health and medical care.
Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2019
 
Refugees trapped in Moria camp on Lesbos Island. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change ]
Access to Healthcare

A disastrous policy: vulnerable people trapped on the Greek islands pay the price of inhumane policies of the EU-Turkey deal

In Lesbos and Samos, thousands of people are left in inhumane conditions with very limited access to water, sanitation and health. Article - 5 Sep 2019
 
An MSF staff conducts pre-screening antenatal consultations at the Mrima Health Centre.
Access to Healthcare

Hope is born: improving access to safe birth in Kenya

This story of three women illustrates the success and challenges of expanding sexual and reproductive healthcare in Kenya’s coastal region of Likoni. Reducing maternal and infant mortality is central to realising the SDG health targets. Unremitting efforts will be needed to achieve these goals. MSF has striven to reinforce health authorities’ capacity to provide a comprehensive package of emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Article - 26 Aug 2019
 
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Access to medicines

Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

More children can be protected against the number one childhood killer disease if Gavi reserves its special funding to promote a new affordable version of pneumonia vaccine Press Release - 26 Aug 2019
 
June 2018: A group of Rohingya refugees await assignment to their new homes in in the Kutupalong camp, Cox's Bazar. [© Pablo Tosco/Angular ]
Access to Healthcare

The Rohingya in Bangladesh: “The population has been completely suspended in time”

Arunn Jegan, Emergency Coordinator for MSF Bangladesh describes the situation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Stories from the Frontline - 26 Aug 2019
 
Metun (name changed on request) is a Rohingya refugee in the Kutupalong-Balukhali megacamp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [ © Dalila Mahdawi/MSF ]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

A Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh: “The collective fate of the Rohingya is in our hands”

Metun is a Rohingya refugee in the Kutupalong-Balukhali megacamp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. He previously lived in Rakhine, working for NGOs there. He now volunteers with NGOs in the sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Here he shares his hopes and fears with MSF. Stories from the Frontline - 26 Aug 2019