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Khartoum: Lack of essential visas for MSF staff threatens life-saving care in hospital
Access to medicines

Khartoum: Lack of essential visas for MSF staff threatens life-saving care in hospital

Visa applications for emergency staff have been pending for more than eight weeks Press Release - 9 Aug 2023
 
Bringing the water system back to life in Tigray, Ethiopia
Water distribution

Bringing the water system back to life in Tigray, Ethiopia

“I’m the water man,” says Weldekiros Assefa, an engineer and water and sanitation expert for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Ethiopia. “I have the best job at MSF.” Project Update - 7 Aug 2023
 
Malawi: “In 2001, when the counsellor said ART could prolong my life, I thought it would be two to three years but here I am, 22 years later”
HIV/AIDS

Malawi: “In 2001, when the counsellor said ART could prolong my life, I thought it would be two to three years but here I am, 22 years later”

55,000 people who tested positive for HIV were enrolled in the Chiradzulu cohort between 2001 and the closure of the project in 2023. Article - 6 Aug 2023
 
South Sudan: Communities prepare for renewed flooding ahead of rainy season
Climate Emergency

South Sudan: Communities prepare for renewed flooding ahead of rainy season

For aid organisations such as MSF, reaching people in need becomes increasingly difficult as floods sweep away or cover roads, bridges and airstrips. Article - 31 Jul 2023
 
Inside MSF's Nampula Project: Exploring key interventions in three questions
Hepatitis

Inside MSF's Nampula Project: Exploring key interventions in three questions

In Nampula province, current MSF programs focus on providing care for people with neglected diseases. Interview - 29 Jul 2023
 
Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State
Malnutrition

Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State

More than 140,000 people, fleeing from Khartoum, have newly arrived in White Nile state. Update - 27 Jul 2023
 
Transforming lives in Mozambique: surgical treatment for patients with neglected diseases in Mogovolas district
Neglected Diseases

Transforming lives in Mozambique: surgical treatment for patients with neglected diseases in Mogovolas district

MSF is collaborating with the District Services of Health, Women and Social Action in Mogovolas and the Provincial Services in Nampula, Mozambique, to deliver surgical treatment for hydrocele, one of the chronic complications of the neglected tropical disease (NTD) lymphatic filariasis (commonly known as elephantiasis).

Press Release - 25 Jul 2023
 
Attacks on medical care

Colaadda daran ee ka jirta Laascaanood waxay ku khasabtay MSF inay joojiso adeegyadeedii caafimaad

Hay’adda Dhakhatiirta aan Xuduudda laheyn ee MSF waxay gaartay go’aan adag oo ku aadan inay joojiso adeegyadii ay ka fulin jirtay cisbitaalka guud ee Laascaanood ee gobolka Sool ee Soomaaliya*, kadib markii ay sare u kaceen colaadda iyo amni darro soo noq-noqotay taasoo saameysay adeegyadeedii caafimaad. Statement - 24 Jul 2023
 
Attacks on medical care

Extreme violence in Las Anod forces MSF to close activities

While our support to medical services in Las Anod comes to an end, we will remain present in Sool region by maintaining basic and specialised healthcare activities in Kalabaydh, nearly 40 kilometres south of Las Anod. Statement - 24 Jul 2023