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Overcoming taboos for women's positive sexual health
MSF projects in Greece, Honduras and Zimbabwe have shown that strengthening women’s own agency and community support can work hand-in-hand to enable positive engagement with women’s sexual and reproductive health needs in a way that reverberates through the social fabric. Article - 8 Mar 2023
Maternal Health
How young mothers in Zimbabwe are raising their voices in the ‘Teen Mums’ Club’
An initiative developed by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Mbare and Epworth, and taken up by the community, is helping adolescent mothers to feel empowered about their sexual health and regain their wellbeing. Article - 8 Mar 2023
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Appeal lodged against illegitimate detention of MSF rescue ship
On 23 February, the Ancona coastguard notified Geo Barents of the 20-day detention and a fine of up to €10,000 for failing to provide the voyage data recorder to authorities on arrival at Ancona, a port city on Italy’s Adriatic coast. Press Release - 7 Mar 2023
Cholera
Kenya: Continuous vaccinations, clean water and sanitation are vital in preventing cholera outbreaks
Hussein Mohamed Yussuf, MSF’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) focal point, explains how MSF worked with the Ministry of Health and its partners to coordinate the cholera vaccination campaign reaching 122,832 people in Dagahaley. Article - 1 Mar 2023
Cholera
ኢትዮጵያ: በሶማሌ ክልል ጉራዳሞሌ ለተከሰተው የኮሌራ በሽታ ወረርሽኝ ኤም ኤስ ኤፍ ያደረገው ድጋፍ
የኮሌራ ወረርሽኝ ምላሽ እና የመከላከያ እቅዶች እርስ በርስ የተያያዙ ናቸው፡፡ ቡድኑ የንፁህ መጠጥ ውሃ አቅርቦትና ንፅህናን ከማረጋገጥ ጎን ለጎን ከክልሉ ጤና ጥበቃ ቢሮ ጋር በመሆን በኮሌራ ጉዳይ አያያዝና ኢንፌክሽን መከላከልና መቆጣጠር ላይ ለአካባቢው የጤና ባለሙያዎች ስልጠና ሰጥቷል። Article - 28 Feb 2023
Cholera
Ethiopia: MSF response to cholera outbreak in Guradamole, Somali region
Cholera outbreak response and prevention plans are interlinked. Besides ensuring access to safe water and sanitation, the team worked hand in hand with the Regional Health Bureau and provided training on case management of cholera and infection prevention and control to local health staff. Article - 28 Feb 2023
Mental Health
Italy: MSF providing support to survivors of the Crotone shipwreck
MSF is offering psychological support to the survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 62 people, including 12 children, a few hundred meters from Steccato di Cutro, southern Italy, on 26 February. Press Release - 28 Feb 2023
Natural Disasters
MSF expands relief efforts and sets up mobile clinics in quake-hit northwest Syria
MSF has scaled up its activities in northwest Syria, running four mobile clinics and distributing essential relief items including mattresses, hygiene items, cleaning materials and kitchen utensils. Article - 24 Feb 2023
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“Kreinik town today is a burned-out spectre after the attack that happened last year”
A brutal attack on Kreinik town, some 60 km east of the capital of West Darfur, in April 2022 left more than 200 people dead, many more injured and tens of thousands displaced from their homes. The town’s hospital, which was supported by MSF, came under attack; two hospital staff and eight patients were killed, and the hospital pharmacy was looted, causing serious damage to health services in the region. An MSF team returned to Kreinik in December 2022 to rebuild the hospital. Working fast, they renovated its emergency room, maternity ward and paediatric ward to start treating patients as quickly as possible. MSF project coordinator Dr Prince Mathew takes up the story. Stories from the Frontline - 22 Feb 2023
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