Category: Project updates

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Officially declared on 7 April, the outbreak has affected more than 16,000 people in the whole region since the start of the year, with about 3,500 new cases per month. Photo: MSF/Awad Abdulsebur
Ethiopia: Thousands hit by outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea during worst drought for decades
Banywich Bone was bitten by a snake.The wound was infected, an MSF surgeon had to amputate the leg above the knee.
Snakebite: MSF Welcomes WHO’s decision to include snakebite on its Neglected Tropical Diseases list
Uganda: Despite generous policy, basic needs of refugees are not being met
MSF teams have set up clinics in camps for displaced people and are working in a number of hospitals in the area in and around Raqqa governorate, including Manbij, Tal Abyad and Kobane/Ain Al Arab. Photo: MSF
Syria: Airstrikes or minefields – the deadly choice facing Raqqa’s residents
Central African Republic: Will Bambari be next?
During the battle for Mosul, many health workers have themselves been victims of violence or seen their relatives, friends or colleagues maimed or killed.
Medical care in West Mosul: “There are no heroes in this story, only victims”
More than 27,000 displaced people from Waat and Yuai live in Pieri and the surrounding villages with very little access to food, water, shelter and basic services. Photo: Amandine Colin/MSF
South Sudan: Thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition after fleeing attacks in Yuai and Waat
A small girl holds her MSF vaccination card in Damaturu town, in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe. Photo: Igor Barbero/MSF
Nigeria, meningitis C: “The lack of diagnostics and available treatments are the main challenges”
MSF nurse with a women while checking her blood pressure. Photo: Nuha Haider/MSF
Yemen: Over 50,000 people affected by cholera outbreak