At Jahun general hospital in northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams provide reconstructive surgery, mental health care and rehabilitation for women with obstetric fistulas. Around 300 women benefit from these services every year. “We don’t see fistulas in [high income] countries because there’s access to cesarean sections or suction cups, but here in […]
To improve patients’ healthcare in northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is embracing solar energy to power the hospitals we support, facilities which have historically depended on expensive fuel-intensive generators. By moving to renewable energy, communities in the region now have better, more sustainable access to critical medical devices, medication and infrastructure. Moments […]
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in partnership with the Sokoto state Ministry of Health, is encouraging community members in Sokoto to participate in a vaccination campaign – the goal is to help reduce the number of children suffering from potentially fatal diseases including measles and diphtheria. These diseases can cause long-term complications if contracted. In […]
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Too many children with TB are neither tested nor treated, with many countries failing at the first hurdle: updating policy guidelines in line with WHO recommendations. A new report released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), shows that children with tuberculosis (TB) continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the […]
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