Cholera
Crisis update: MSF's response to Cyclone Idai
MSF emergency teams are responding to the devastating impact of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Crisis Update - 8 Apr 2019
Sandra Githaiga
A Kenyan psychologist led a team of MSF counsellors treating rape survivors in slums in the Indian capital, New Delhi. Stories from the Frontline - 8 Apr 2019
Access to Healthcare
Mary Rose Makau: " I’ve always found working with pregnant women very fulfilling"
Mary Rose has worked for MSF as a nurse midwife since mid-2018. Stories from the Frontline - 8 Apr 2019
Natural Disasters
Mapping the needs: new technologies help the emergency response
As well as providing healthcare to people affected by the cyclone and flooding disaster, MSF deployed four GIS (Geographic Information Systems) experts to provide maps to help the humanitarian response Article - 29 Mar 2019
Natural Disasters
Malawi: “This time around, the destruction is more of houses and farm produce, not of people’s lives”
MSF logistician and community health worker Labana Steven is part of MSF’s emergency team working in Malawi’s Makhanga area to support thousands of people left affected by severe flooding with health and sanitation supplies. Makhanga area was one of the worst affected by heavy rainfall which started in Malawi in early March. The same weather system went on to become Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe on 14-16 March, 2019, one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to hit southern Africa. Labana, who has worked for MSF for 20 years in Malawi, was also part of MSF’s response to severe flooding in the same area in 2008 and 2015. His historical understanding and deep engagement with local partners and communities in southern Malawi are vital to MSF’s ongoing response. Crisis Update - 29 Mar 2019
Libya: alarming rates of malnutrition and inhumane conditions in Tripoli detention centre
A nutritional survey from MSF shows that 25% of people in a Libyan detention centre are malnourished or underweight, with children and young people more likely to be affected Crisis Update - 20 Mar 2019
Medical Emergencies
Ethiopia: Once mango season is over, it becomes crocodile season
Markus Boening meets Canadian nurse Rebecca DeBruyn and finds parallels between doing an Ironman Triathlon and supervising the emergency room of Gambela hospital, Ethiopia Article - 19 Mar 2019
Medical Emergencies
Cyclone Idai emergency response
In the wake of damage and devastating flooding caused when Cyclone Idai hit Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe on 15 March, our teams are responding in the affected areas. Crisis Update - 19 Mar 2019
War and conflict