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Médecins Sans Frontières treat victims of fighting in southern Yemen

Sana’a, Friday 18th of May - The increase of violence and fighting since last Saturday in southern...

Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières concludes cholera intervention in Balcad, Middle Shabelle.

Médecins Sans Frontières medical teams in Middle Shabelle have responded to a cholera outbreak...

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Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières concludes cholera intervention in Balcad, Middle Shabelle.

Médecins Sans Frontières medical teams in Middle Shabelle have responded to a cholera outbreak detected in the region in late March. The confirmation of the first cholera case prompted the humanitarian organisation to open a...

18/05/2012 Somalia

Médecins Sans Frontières surgical team enters Syria, finds wounded and medics under attack

In late March, a Médecins Sans Frontières team crossed the Turkish border into Syria in an effort to provide medical aid in the Idlib region. The two-person team was composed of a surgeon and an anaesthesiologist. To evaluate...

15/05/2012 Syria

Haiti: With the arrival of the rainy season, cholera returns to Port-au-Prince and Leogane

With the rainy season now underway in Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières has seen an increase in the number of cholera patients. Admissions to Médecins Sans Frontières' treatment centres in Port-au-Prince and Léogâne have more than...

27/04/2012 Haiti

South Sudan facing multiple emergencies - Médecins Sans Frontières supporting health structures near the border with Sudan and assisting displaced people

Tensions and hostilities continue unabated between South Sudan and its northern neighbour Sudan, and Médecins Sans Frontières is scaling up its emergency response by treating people injured in the latest violence, giving material...

27/04/2012 South Sudan

Médecins Sans Frontières expands operations in response to malnutrition in west and central Africa's Sahel Region, scales up aid to Malian refugees

BURKINA FASO: Treating Malnutrition & Caring for Malian Refugees

27/04/2012 Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger

Guinea: Médecins Sans Frontières using innovative oral vaccine during cholera outbreak

More than 150,000 people are currently being vaccinated near Conakry, the capital of Guinea, where a cholera epidemic has broken out.

24/04/2012 Guinea

Sri Lanka: Médecins Sans Frontières ends mental health program in Kilinochchi district

Médecins Sans Frontières' mental health program providing counselling to people resettled in Kilinochchi district, in the north of Sri Lanka, ended in April 2012 after 18 months.

04/04/2012 Sri Lanka

Sahel – Médecins Sans Frontières’ dual response to an expected nutritional crisis

The annual "hunger season" seems likely to be particularly serious in the Sahel this year, and a few particular regions may face acute nutritional crises in the coming months. Médecins Sans Frontières is therefore expanding its...

02/04/2012 Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

DRC: Médecins Sans Frontières launches massive malaria response

Several regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing a serious outbreak of malaria. Médecins Sans Frontières teams are working in three provinces, supporting the Congolese Ministry of Health. So far, Médecins Sans...

27/03/2012 Democratic Republic of Congo

Precarious situation for vulnerable populations in Libya

As Libya grapples with consolidating state authority and restoring normalcy after the revolution, groups of migrants, refugees and internally displaced people remain in a vulnerable and precarious situation.

23/03/2012 Libya
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