Access to Healthcare
Kenya: Everyone is welcome at MSF’s youth-friendly health services in Mombasa
“Key populations”, as they are usually called, have been defined by the Ministry of Health as those who may have unique health needs, including sex workers, people who use drugs, transgender and gender non-binary people, and sexual minority groups (e.g., men who have sex with men, women who have sex with women) and other special vulnerable groups such as street populations. Article - 7 Jul 2023
Malnutrition
Ethiopia: MSF calls for immediate resumption of food distributions
As malnutrition rates surge beyond emergency levels in many areas of Ethiopia, MSF calls for the immediate resumption of food distributions which were suspended across Ethiopia in early June 2023. Press Release - 6 Jul 2023
Malaria
Helping tackle malnutrition and malaria in Angola
Malnutrition and malaria are common in remote communities in Angola, especially during peaks of drought and heavy rain. Women and their children are most affected. For the last year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has collaborated with local health authorities to reduce the burden of these diseases in the provinces of Huíla and Benguela. Article - 6 Jul 2023
Malnutrition
Nigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest
A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting MSF to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential catastrophe in the coming months. Press Release - 3 Jul 2023
Access to Healthcare
“We have daily power problems in Khartoum, and in a hospital this can have life or death consequences”
Dr. Mego Terzian, MSF Head of Mission in Sudan, talks about the situation in Khartoum, the challenges of working amidst intense fighting, and the transformation of the Turkish Hospital in southern Khartoum into a facility equipped to handle mass casualties. Stories from the Frontline - 1 Jul 2023
Tuberculosis
Somaliland: Recovering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
After four years of caring for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is handing over its project to the Ministry of Health Development. Article - 30 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
The latest medical guidelines provide practical recommendations for health professionals
Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) international medical guidelines team has published the latest edition of our two main guidelines Clinical guidelines and Essential drugs. Both guidelines are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish for use in MSF projects and beyond. Article - 27 Jun 2023
Access to Healthcare
Insecurity and lack of access to healthcare: the forgotten emergency of Ituri
Since early 2023, Djugu territory in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has seen intense intercommunal violence and armed clashes, forcing an estimated 156,000 people to flee their homes. This is the latest surge of violence in a decades-long conflict, which has seen 700,000 people displaced within Djugu territory and 1.7 million across Ituri province. Article - 27 Jun 2023
South Sudan