Category: Project updates

Zimbabwe: Preventing cervical cancer
A Month in Focus – March 2017
The vaccine is made by the Serum Institute of India using five strains of the virus collected exclusively in Sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: Séverine Bonnet/MSF
Niger: Innovative vaccine could prevent thousands of child deaths from diarrhoea
MSF remains committed to the Yemeni population and will continue its medical activities in nine governorates. Photo: Jessica Chua/MSF
Yemen: MSF withdrawing from Ibb Al-Thawra hospital
MSF teams in and around Mosul have received more than 1,800 patients in need of urgent or lifesaving care in the last two months. Photo: Louise Annaud/MSF
Iraq: Thousands of wounded and sick coming from western Mosul
The conditions in Aburoch are harsh. On average, each person is only receiving two litres of clean water a day, far below what is required. Photo: Elena Grandio/MSF
South Sudan: Urgent humanitarian assistance needed for thousands of people who fled fighting in Wau Shilluk
Sandbags piled against the windows of the intensive care unit to provide it with some extra protection. Photo: Karam Almasri
Syria: Changes in medical practice
The war, coupled with attacks on medical personnel and facilities, has dramatically weakened Syria’s previously well-functioning healthcare system. Photo: MSF
Syria six years on: Warring groups must allow aid
Ethiopia: “I feel like I have been given a second life by the doctors and nurses here.”
Outside the comfort zone