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an MSF team works in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, (northern Mexico), following the arrival of a caravan of 1,700 migrants. [©Juan Carlos Tomasi / Médecins Sans Frontières]
Access to Healthcare

Mexico: Mass arrests drive migrants underground and cut them off from medical care

As a result of mass raids, migrants in Coatzacoalcos and Tenosique are increasingly avoiding places where they might be visible to police authorities and detained – including those places where basic medical services are available. Press Release - 21 Jun 2019
 
Bentiu PoC : Drainage system between blocks and roads transformed into a sewerage channel leading to health issues, like malaria and cholera
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Conditions of protection: life inside or outside a displacement camp

The smell of sweet ginger coffee being prepared in a little tin hut manages to waft above the putrid smell of green sludge - it’s the smell of life going on. It lingers in the air, and somehow, just like the people here, manages to rise above the suffocating conditions of a Protection of Civilians site.

Since 2013, four million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Two million sought safety across borders, while another two million remain internally displaced. During some of the most extreme periods of violence, thousands of people fled in unprecedented numbers to existing United Nations (UN) bases for protection, and as the conflict extended, these bases transitioned into Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites and are guarded by forces from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Article - 20 Jun 2019
 
M., 21 years old, arrived in Italy a few years ago from Guinea
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Stories of Survival: M. from Guinea

M., 21 years old, arrived in Italy few years ago from Guinea. Now he lives at Ex-MOI, an informal settlement in the city Turin.  His story : Testimony - 19 Jun 2019
 
Muse Bare Shangalow, 55, lives with cancer of the Oesophagus since September 2018, and is part of MSF’s Palliative Care program [© MSF/Paul Odongo ]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Stories of Survival: Musa from Somalia

55 year old Muse Bare Shangalow from Somalia lives in Dagahaley in Dadaab Refugee Camp. He has cancer of the Oesophagus, and is part of MSF’s Palliative Care program i Testimony - 18 Jun 2019
 
Elisabeth and her daughters Adelphine and Rachel [ © Arjun Claire/MSF]
Access to Healthcare

Stories of Survival : Adelphine, Elisabeth and Rachel from Burundi

A refugee camp can limit people’s movement, but it can do little to dash the hopes and aspirations of a 12-year-old girl from breaking through its dim and bleak confines. Testimony - 18 Jun 2019
 
P.O., 27 years old, lives at Ex-MOI, an informal settlement in the city Turin
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Stories of Survival: P.O. from Nigeria

P.O., 27 years old, lives at Ex-MOI, an informal settlement in the city Turin. Article - 18 Jun 2019
 
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Refugees, Migration and displacement

Stories of Survival | World Refugee Day

There are now 70.8 million forced from home around the world—more than at any time in modern history. These are people who have fled extreme dangers, whether to escape relentless bombing, an invading army, gang violence, or other life-threatening circumstances.
 Article - 18 Jun 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

MSF teams responding to the Ebola outbreak in Western Uganda

MSF teams are supporting the Ministry of Health to respond to the outbreak in Uganda, in which three people from the same family have died  Article - 15 Jun 2019
 
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Access to Healthcare

Ebola in DRC: Restoring trust among communities

As the Ebola outbreak in DRC continues, community heath workers for MSF are working to rebuild trust with communities Article - 13 Jun 2019
 
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Refugees, Migration and displacement

European policies continue to claim lives at sea

Disastrous EU policies in the Mediterranean have a huge human cost warns MSF Press Release - 13 Jun 2019