In the overcrowded refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar children — who make up half of the 1.3 million refugees — are arriving at medical facilities later, sicker and with complex, overlapping physical and psychological health needs. Nine years after fleeing extreme violence in Myanmar, and with international humanitarian assistance funding fast disappearing families struggle to secure […]
Almost 100 days since the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that communities do not have enough support to contain the disease. This outbreak has become the largest and deadliest in the country’s history and continues to spread at an alarming rate within […]
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In Port-au-Prince, thousands of women are at risk. Seeing a doctor, obtaining contraceptives, attending prenatal check-ups or receiving care after sexual assault have all become fraught with obstacles. In a capital city where armed violence is undermining an already fragile health system, access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is becoming increasingly limited. Yet it is […]
While the response to the Ebola disease outbreak is mobilizing significant resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of the need to maintain care and funding for other health crises in the east of the country to prevent a worsening humanitarian situation. Cholera, measles, malaria and violence […]
Providing remote care in a remote hospital Accessing specialized medical care is a challenge in the Central African Republic (CAR). According to the World Bank, there were only seven medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023 — a figure covering generalist physicians as well as specialist practitioners. For comparison, the EU average is 415 medical […]
Health Canada’s August announcement that Phase 1 clinical trials have been authorized in Canada for a Bundibugyo virus vaccine is a positive step towards adding a much-needed tool to the Ebola disease outbreak toolkit. However, it also serves as a reminder of how the Government of Canada has failed to provide sufficient support over the […]
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Thousands of people in Gaza, Palestine, are at heightened risk of death and severe illness, as Israeli authorities restrict the entry of engine oil and spare parts into the enclave. These supplies are essential for hospital generators, ambulances, water pumps and water trucks to remain running. The impediment of these supplies is emblematic of Israel’s […]
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Half of the children screened in displacement sites in Baidoa, southwestern Somalia, are acutely malnourished and one in every four is severely malnourished, according to a malnutrition survey carried out in July by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “Behind every statistic is a child,” says Allara Ali, MSF’s project coordinator in Somalia. “What we […]
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Today, MSF teams were once again forced to suspend their medical activities at the Isaïe Jeanty maternity hospital in Chancerelles, in the commune of Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, following renewed clashes between several armed groups in the area. This is the second suspension in less than two months. Medical activities had only just resumed after a three-week interruption. This […]
Since the war in Sudan began in April 2023, more than 930,000 Sudanese refugees have sought safety in neighbouring Chad. More than 80 per cent of them are women and children; and more than 700,000 have crossed through Chad’s eastern border town of Adré alone. Since April 2023, UNHCR and Chadian authorities have relocated 646,216 […]
Read More… from Chad: Sudanese refugees face chronic underfunding of humanitarian assistance in Chad