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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
 
Khartoum: Aid in jeopardy as MSF staff face beatings, death threats and theft
Attacks on medical care

Khartoum: Aid in jeopardy as MSF staff face beatings, death threats and theft

MSF has treated over 1,600 war wounded patients in Khartoum since the conflict began and our intentions are to continue to do this. However, the security situation has deteriorated so dramatically over the past few weeks that our presence in the Turkish Hospital is now in question. Press Release - 21 Jul 2023
 
Influx of Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad: children threatened by malnutrition and measles
Malnutrition

Influx of Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad: children threatened by malnutrition and measles

Last week, up to 286 children were taken care of in the wards of the Adré paediatric hospital where MSF teams work - by comparison, around fifty children were being treated at the same time last year. Update - 20 Jul 2023
 
DRC: Emergency response against cholera in the territory of Rutshuru
Cholera

DRC: Emergency response against cholera in the territory of Rutshuru

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders teams have been mobilised urgently in the territory of Rutshuru, in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in response to an outbreak of suspected cases of cholera, particularly in the Binza and Rutshuru health zones. More than 1,500 patients have been treated since the beginning of June 2023. Article - 20 Jul 2023
 
Refugees' Journey from Khartoum to the Camps in East Sudan
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Refugees' Journey from Khartoum to the Camps in East Sudan

For Ethiopian refugees like Salim* and Qamar*, who had already experienced escaping violence in their homeland, their journey from Khartoum to east Sudan was fraught with risks. They recounted the strenuous details of their journey with their four children after arriving at their second resettlement in camp in East Sudan, where MSF is providing medical and emergency support  Article - 18 Jul 2023