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Nigeria: Harnessing solar power improves care in northern hospitals

Posted on 24 April 2025 (25 April 2025) by melanie

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 […]

Nigeria: MSF and Sokoto state launch vaccination campaign to reduce deadly diseases

Posted on 24 February 2025 (25 February 2025) by melanie

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 […]

MSF calls for urgent action as governments and donors are failing children with TB

Posted on 16 October 2024 (17 October 2024) by

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 […]