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Safe motherhood and childhood in Sierra Leone
Impact of a partnership model of care between Médecins Sans Frontierès and Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Tonkolili District, 2016 to 2021 Reports - 1 Apr 2022
Tuberculosis
Khayelitsha, South Africa: MSF family-centred TB approach informs new WHO guidance on caring for children with drug-resistant TB.
New guidance released on World TB day by the World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending, for the first time, that children with TB and DR-TB be cared for in their communities, instead of in hospitals. Press Release - 31 Mar 2022
Refugees, Migration and displacement
South Sudan: Humanitarian aid urgently needed for thousands of displaced people from Agok
Videos and Photos - 29 Mar 2022
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Sierra Leone’s first outpatient model of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis allows patients to stay in the community
In cooperation with Sierra Leone’s National Tuberculosis Programme, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing care to patients with drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Bombali district, Sierra Leone. An outpatient model of care allows patients for the first time to start and continue their treatment at home. Project Update - 24 Mar 2022![COVID-19 vaccination line in Bugoye [© Théo Wanteu/MSF ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb120831_medium.jpeg?itok=QIvm3Lq5 "COVID-19 vaccination line in Bugoye [© Théo Wanteu/MSF ]")
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Uganda: MSF helps vaccinate quarter of a million over-50s against COVID-19
MSF has been supporting the COVID-19 response in Kasese, Arua and Entebbe Project Update - 23 Mar 2022
Water distribution
World Water Day: MSF brings safe water to remote areas in eastern South Sudan
Almost half of households in South Sudan are reported to rely on surface water as their main water source, putting people at grave risk of waterborne illnesses Project Update - 22 Mar 2022
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DRC: Insecurity and impunity force MSF to halt lifesaving medical work in Nizi and Bambu
MSF has announced that it will close its projects in Nizi and Bambu due to a lack of security guarantees from all parties to the conflict. Press Release - 21 Mar 2022
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