MSF is paying close attention to the impact that climate change will have on our emergency humanitarian medical activities.
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Climate Crisis: Impact on Human Health
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Haiti: initial evaluations and first interventions after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake
Saturday, August 14, at 8:30 am local time, the earth trembled in the southern peninsula of Haiti. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to buildings, houses, and main access roads in the three provinces of Grand’Anse, Nippes and Sud. The provisional death toll is now nearly 2,000, according to Haiti’s Office for Civil Protection, […]
Hepatitis E cases in Sudan’s Tigray refugee camps highlights shortcomings of international humanitarian response
Cases of hepatitis E are spreading across camps in Gedaref and Kassala states, Eastern Sudan, infecting hundreds of refugees from Tigray and posing a risk to local Sudanese communities.
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“Do we have a future?”: One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
Lebanon has been in a state of emergency since late-2019, rocked by economic crisis, political instability and social tensions, and hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of these came the devastating explosion which rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020. One year later, people are in increasing need of humanitarian aid. Half of Lebanon’s […]
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: Increased intensity in violence and trauma for patients
Fighting in Afghanistan has been intense since May, but in recent weeks the clashes between the Afghan army and the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (also known as the Taliban) have increased in intensity and have moved into more urban areas such as Lashkar Gah city in Helmand Province. […]
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Aftermath of violence in South Africa: Supporting overstretched health centres & vulnerable communities
Despite calm returning, health facilities are still struggling due to increased caseloads. […]
MSF ambulance service in South-West Cameroon: essential in a region beset by violence
1 in 5 healthcare facilities are no longer functioning. […]
South Sudan: An MSF record of the consequences of violence since independence
On July 9, 2021, the Republic of South Sudan marked its tenth birthday. This significant milestone is also marred by the bloody legacy of its first decade, including a five-year civil war. […]
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Haiti: maintaining health care amid extreme violence and uncertainty
The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last week brought global attention to the current political turmoil in Haiti, but the country had already been in a state of profound crisis for many months.
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Flashquote: Frauke Ossig, MSF Search and Rescue Representative
On July 23, 2021, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially requested the release of its ship the Geo Barents from three weeks of detention, after having responded to all requests made by the Italian Maritime Authority, which on July 2, identified 22 deficiencies leading to the administrative detention of the vessel. Since then, all […]
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