Reaping the rewards of recycling in Harare, Zimbabwe
MSF has developed a system that not only recycles food waste but also wastewater, which has had a meaningful impact on people’s health. Article - 10 Jul 2022
Malnutrition
Out of sight: neglected malnutrition crisis threatens tens of thousands of children in northwest Nigeria
In the area of Gummi, Zamfara state, MSF teams conducted a screening of more than 36,000 children under five years old in June, following a nutrition alert. The results were alarming, as more than half the children were found to be malnourished. Press Release - 10 Jul 2022
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Mozambique: Three new developments in the Cabo Delgado crisis
The northern province of Cabo Delgado is one of Mozambique’s most volatile regions, the scene of an intense conflict since October 2017, resulting in some 800,000 people fleeing from their homes. These are the latest developments. Article - 9 Jul 2022
Access to Healthcare
Left to Drown in the Southern European Border
One year of Geo Barents at sea Reports - 6 Jul 2022
MSF’s proactive efforts to address abusive behaviours
In late 2020, a media investigation revealed multiple accounts of abuse from employees of organisations involved in the response to the 10th outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of the accounts indicated a link to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), prompting us to conduct a full-scale investigation and take action.Article - 6 Jul 2022
Malnutrition
Nigeria: Urgent humanitarian response needed to avoid deadly consequences in Borno
Even though the peak hunger gap season had barely begun, more malnourished patients arrived at our nutrition centre in Maiduguri this May and June than at any time since the project opened Press Release - 1 Jul 2022
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“I see people collapsing, physically exhausted. They clearly haven’t had enough food for a while.”
Sami Al-Subaihi is MSF’s Emergency Project Coordinator in Twic County in Warrap State, South Sudan. He shares his urgent concerns for more than 20,000 people who fled violent clashes in and around Agok in Abyei Special Administrative Area, more than four months ago, and who are now living in six makeshift displacement camps. He says the lack of food and proper shelter, dismal water and sanitation conditions, and impending rainy season, all spell disaster for the coming months. Stories from the Frontline - 29 Jun 2022
Access to Healthcare
MSF in East Darfur: From emergency response to building up essential medical care for refugees and host communities
Since 2017, Sudan’s East Darfur state has hosted tens of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan. For the past five years, teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have provided refugees and local communities with medical care. In June 2022, MSF hands over its medical activities to the Sudanese Ministry of Health. Project Update - 28 Jun 2022
Attacks on medical care