A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. Since January, MSF teams, working in partnership with Nigerian health authorities in five northwestern states, have already treated more than 50,000 children with acute malnutrition, […]
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Guatemala: MSF responding to chronic kidney disease
By Laura Panqueva Otálora, Head of Communications for Mexico and Central America. Since August 2021, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in the department of Escuintla, to implement a comprehensive, simple, sustainable and reproducible care model that seeks to ensure timely diagnosis and management to reduce the morbidity associated with chronic kidney disease […]
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Haitians fleeing to US are at risk of being expelled: “Returning to Haiti means death”
Haitian migrants who are risking their lives to flee conflict face still more dangers on the journey through Latin America. Haitians seeking asylum in the United States continue to be at risk of being expelled and sent back to a country in crisis. The capital, Port-au-Prince, has become a battleground between armed groups, causing thousands […]
Providing COVID-19 vaccination in northwest Syria amongst war, displacement and hesitancy
“For people like us who have survived war, shelling and daily violence, the coronavirus has been the last of our concerns,” says Em Mahmoud, a Syrian woman from Idlib. “When the number of cases started rising in northern Syria, I tried to persuade my husband to take the vaccine, but he was afraid,” she says. […]
Greece: MSF teams provide emergency medical aid and support to more than 570 people arriving on Samos island
More than 570 people, including 24 pregnant women, have received emergency medical and psychological first aid on 42 occasions over the past year by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) after arriving in small boats on the Greek island of Samos. All had travelled from Turkish waters, which is just a few kilometers away. Many had […]
SOS MEDITERRANEE, MSF and SEA-WATCH alert on the critical risk of more deaths in the central Mediterranean this summer in the absence of European state led search and rescue operations
In this summer season, SOS MEDITERRANEE, MSF and SEA-WATCH urgently call for the provision of European state-led search and rescue maritime assets in the central Mediterranean to prevent more deaths. Within five days, Geo Barents, a search and rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and Ocean Viking a search and rescue […]
West Bank: Palestinians in heart of Hebron struggle to see a doctor
In the heart of the old city of Hebron, in the West Bank, is an Israeli-controlled area of the city known as H2. Home to 42,000 Palestinians and approximately 700 Israeli settlers, H2 has become a flashpoint for settler violence, while Palestinian residents’ movements are subject to restrictions that severely impede their access to healthcare and […]
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From Libya’s detention centers to Italy: MSF provides shelter and continuity of care to evacuated people
27 people arrived through a humanitarian flight will be followed by MSF’s project for survivors of intentional violence and torture in Palermo. From detention centers in Libya, amidst tortures, abuses and violence, to a new life in Italy to receive shelter and medical assistance. This is the experience of 27 migrants and asylum seekers […]
MSF teams in Mexico’s northern border cities witness overwhelming needs of migrants
The situation for migrants in Mexico’s northern border cities is sharply deteriorating as expulsions under Title 42 continue and hundreds of people arrive from the south each day seeking safety in the US. The response from local authorities in cities such as Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Ciudad Acuña, Reynosa and Matamoros is inadequate, leaving thousands […]
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South Sudan: The world’s first vaccination campaign to control an outbreak of hepatitis E
In a global first, health workers in South Sudan have carried out a vaccination campaign in response to an outbreak of hepatitis E, raising hopes in the fight against a disease that is especially fatal for pregnant women. Hepatitis E is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis, causing approximately 20 million infections […]