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Kenya: Shut out and forgotten, refugees in Dadaab appeal for dignity
November 18, 2019
Dimming prospects of lasting solutions amid continued insecurity in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps in conditions of vulnerability and dependency. With severe mobility constraints and limited livelihood options, humanitarian
Antibiotic Resistance: Factsheet
November 17, 2019
What is antibiotic resistance (ABR)? Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria, not humans or animals,
Yemen: MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack
November 7, 2019
SANA’A – On Wednesday evening, an aerial attack in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, partially destroyed a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières, when the aerial attack hit the surrounding buildings, including a military warehouse. At the time of
Mali: Supporting cancer patients in Bamako
November 1, 2019
“Since that day, my life has been nothing but suffering and paying out money.” This is how 40-year-old Hawa sums up the medical journey that took her from her hometown Timbuktu to Bamako, Mali, and a
Syria: Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties
November 1, 2019
BRUSSELS – Continued conflict in the Idlib region of northwestern Syria is creating a huge need for medical care. A massive explosion in Darkoush town in the afternoon of Thursday 31 October resulted in 12 casualties being rushed for urgent
MSF and TB activists disrupt opening of TB conference to protest drug corporations keeping life-saving medicines from people
October 30, 2019
Newer medicines for DR-TB are desperately needed, but barriers to access, including high prices, keep them out of reach for most people around the world. Hyderabad, 30 October – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined
Yemen: No true accountability three years after bombing of MSF-supported hospital
October 30, 2019
The newly-released findings of the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) – the UK and USA-supported body appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) to investigate incidents in Yemen – have once again failed to
Central American Migration: More people kidnapped, abused on migration route in southern Mexico
October 30, 2019
MEXICO CITY —Teams working in Tenosique, Mexico for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are reporting an increase in kidnappings and an escalation of violence faced by migrants and refugees on Mexico’s southern border. In testimonies collected in
Chhattisgarh: Treating tuberculosis in the jungle
October 29, 2019
Since 2006, MSF is working in Sukma district of Southern Chhattisgarh in India, place of a longstanding low-intensity conflict between Indian security forces and Left-Wing Extremist group. The MSF team works to provide primary health
Mediterranean migration: European leaders must urgently allow disembarkation of 104 survivors
October 28, 2019
SOS MEDITERRANEE and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) call on a broad coalition of European States to urgently facilitate the assignment of a port to the Ocean Viking and to finally put in place a
Syria: Multiple casualties from shelling on village in northwestern Syria
October 25, 2019
BRUSSELS – The conflict in northwestern Syria continues to cause fear, displacement and acute medical needs among people. Shelling on Thursday 24 October on the village of Janoudia in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, resulted in
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