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Mapping El Geneina, a flashpoint in the Sudan conflict

After the Sudan conflict erupted in Khartoum last April, El Geneina quickly became a flashpoint in the fighting

The 20-mile journey from El Geneina, capital of Sudan’s West Darfur state, across the Chadian border to Adré has become a common escape route for people fleeing the violence that has gripped the city for nearly a year. After the Sudan conflict erupted in Khartoum last April, El Geneina quickly became a…

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Global cholera vaccine stockpile runs empty as 16 countries report outbreaks

The unprecedented rise in cholera cases in recent years is due to climate factors like floods and droughts, conflict, and forced displacement

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned about a recent announcement that the global cholera vaccine stockpile has been exhausted. As a high number of countries are reporting outbreaks, more manufacturers—existing and new—must urgently help boost the global supply, said MSF. “The world’s oral cholera vaccine stocks have dried…

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Nigeria - Measles-related admissions reach record at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) facilities in Maiduguri

Despite the vaccination efforts, this worrying situation calls for a rapid reinforcement of routine immunization campaigns

Measles admissions to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) facilities in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, spiked between October and December 2023, reaching record numbers. Despite the vaccination efforts, this worrying situation calls for a rapid reinforcement of routine immunization campaigns. In 2023, MSF teams treated a total of 9,618 patients with measles in…

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Burkina Faso: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) marks one year since the killing of two colleagues in Tougan

MSF driver Komon Dioma, 39, and MSF logistics supervisor, Souleymane Ouedraogo, 34, were fatally shot in the attack

On 8 February, 2023, in northwestern Burkina Faso, gunmen fired on a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) vehicle a few kilometres from the town of Tougan. The team in the vehicle -- three MSF staff members from Burkina Faso and one from Congo -- was travelling from Dedougou to Tougan to give…

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People and medical facilities caught in crossfire as violence escalates in North Kivu

People are being referred from health centres in the southern part of North Kivu to Minova general hospital and other health facilities in South Kivu

Medical facilities supported by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have received huge influxes of war-wounded patients, as thousands of people flee the latest waves of armed clashes in North Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With civilians and medical facilities caught in the crossfire, MSF urgently calls on all…

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Sudan: Alarming death rates and desperate malnutrition crisis in Zamzam camp, North Darfur; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for urgent, mass mobilisation of international community to save lives

Almost a quarter of children screened during the assessment were found to be acutely malnourished, with seven per cent having severe acute malnutrition (SAM)

A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, since the conflict in Sudan began in April 2023. All emergency thresholds for malnutrition have been reached and MSF is calling…

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Sudan: Urgent response needed amid high death rates and malnutrition crisis in North Darfur

MSF is the only operational health provider in Zamzam camp – one of the largest and oldest camps for displaced people in Sudan

Emergency malnutrition thresholds reached in Zamzam camp where an estimated one child is dying every two hours; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for urgent, mass mobilisation of international community to save lives. A rapid nutrition and mortality assessment carried out by MSF reveals that a catastrophic situation has unfolded in Zamzam…

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MSF responds to deadly Hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan

The campaign aims to reach people in remote areas, particularly women and girls of reproductive age, who are most at risk

In response to a deadly Hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a mass vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to safeguard women and girls of reproductive age, who are at greatest risk of death from the disease. Since April…

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Tackling the spread of Lassa fever in Nigeria

The disease affects 100,000 to 300,000 people every year across Western Africa and causes around 5,000 deaths

“My mother-in-law asked me how I was feeling and I told her I was fine, but I knew I was not,” says Ngozi*, a small trader from Abakaliki. “I was stooling, vomiting and couldn't keep my eyes open.” After trying various treatments at home, Ngozi was taken to hospital in…

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Breaking barriers to safe abortion care in Mozambique

Mozambique has one of Africa’s most liberal abortion laws, allowing abortion on request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to 24 weeks in limited circumstances, including fetal abnormality

In Beira, a city on Mozambique’s central coast, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is connecting hard-to-reach communities with safe abortion care and other sexual and reproductive health services.  Mozambique has one of Africa’s most liberal abortion laws, allowing abortion on request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to 24 weeks in…