Medical Emergencies
Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF team helps control typhoid outbreak in Popokabaka
An outbreak of potentially deadly typhoid fever in Popokabaka, Kwango province, has finally been brought under control with the help of an emergency team from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Jean-Marc Mavunda, the team's medical manager, looks back on the past two months. Article - 24 Sep 2021
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Kusisa: A hospital in the middle of the forest built with and for the community
Three years after the opening of a hospital in the Ziralo area of the South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MSF ends its support to the Ministry of Health. Article - 21 Sep 2021
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Surviving COVID-19 and living with the stigma in Homa Bay, Kenya
Videos and Photos - 13 Sep 2021
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“People are suffering”: Displacement continues, leaving hundreds of thousands exposed in Benue State of Nigeria
Persistent and increased violence in the Middle Belt of Nigeria is causing new waves of displacement into informal camps where services and support are non-existent. The newly displaced population is in urgent need of shelter, WASH services, vaccination, and protection Project Update - 13 Sep 2021
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4 reasons why Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna must share COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology NOW
Imagine the difference it could make if African countries that are facing waves of COVID-19 infections didn´t have to rely on imports of vaccines: they could produce them themselves. Article - 10 Sep 2021
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Forced suspension of majority of MSF activities, amid enormous needs in Ethiopia
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has suspended all activities in the Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia, as well as in the west and northwest of Tigray region, to comply with a three-month suspension order from the Ethiopian Agency for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) on July 30th. Crisis Update - 10 Sep 2021
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Surviving COVID-19 and living with the stigma in Homa Bay, Kenya
During the last surge from May to July 2021, MSF admitted 350 patients to its COVID-19 High Dependency Unit (HDU) in the Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital. The majority of the patients were in severe to critical condition. Three out of four required oxygen therapy. The hospital reported an average mortality rate of 30% in the COVID-19 HDU during the peak. In July 2021, MSF collected testimonies from patients who were treated at the hospital about their lives and attitudes towards safety and risk of getting COVID-19 –both before and after falling ill. Stories from the Frontline - 10 Sep 2021
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Medical care in Kunduz, Afghanistan: Making it work
Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on 8 August. During the clashes, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) transformed its office space into a temporary trauma unit to treat the people wounded. That unit is now closed and on 16 August all patients were transferred to the nearly-finished Kunduz Trauma Centre that MSF had been building since 2018. The local community still requires trauma care. A medic in MSF’s Kunduz team describes their experience during the fighting and the work that is going on today. Stories from the Frontline - 9 Sep 2021
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