Mental Health
Syria: One year after earthquake, mental scars are still raw
While the physical destruction caused by the quakes is less visible than before, the impact on people’s mental health is stark. Project Update - 6 Feb 2024
War and conflict
Sudan: MSF calls for urgent, mass mobilisation of international community to save lives in Zamzam camp
All emergency thresholds for malnutrition have been reached in Zamzam camp and MSF is calling for an immediate, coordinated and rapid scale-up of the humanitarian response to save lives. Press Release - 5 Feb 2024
Mental Health
Beyond the Frontlines: A Journey into Mental Health Healing in Ukraine
Ann Njambi works with MSF in Ukraine as Mental Health Manager. She describes the challenges and her work supporting those grappling with the dire mental impacts of the war. Stories from the Frontline - 2 Feb 2024
Access to Healthcare
Ethiopia: Successful intervention to combat measles and malaria emergency in West Omo
‘It’s rewarding to know that 36,000 children are now protected from measles,’ says Daniel Birru, Flying Project Medical Referent, ‘and to see a reduction of in-patient mortality from malaria and measles – down from 5% to 0.7%.’ Article - 1 Feb 2024
Gaza - Israel War
Gaza: “Staff at Al-Shifa are struggling to care for patients because the needs are huge”
Article - 31 Jan 2024
Access to healthcare
South Sudan: Amid deadly hepatitis E outbreak, MSF launches mass vaccination campaign to prevent more deaths
Article - 30 Jan 2024
Gaza - Israel War
With Nasser hospital out of commission, people in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options
Press Release - 26 Jan 2024
South Sudan
Whispers of the Sobat River: A Nurse's Journey in South Sudan
Stories from the Frontline - 26 Jan 2024
Lassa Fever
Surviving Lassa fever in Nigeria: the stories of Ngozi and Oluchi
Lassa fever is a haemorrhagic fever that causes serious damage to various organs, reducing the body’s ability to function. The virus is contagious and can spread from person to person via bodily fluids, including saliva, urine, blood, and vomit. The disease affects 100,000 to 300,000 people every year across Western Africa and causes around 5,000 deaths. Last year in Nigeria, there were 8,978 suspected cases and 1,227 confirmed cases of Lassa fever (Nigerian Centre for Disease Control). Article - 22 Jan 2024
Access to Healthcare