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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...

Somalia: A Médecins Sans Frontières Hospital Caught in Centre of Fighting in Mogadishu

Médecins Sans Frontières condemns the shelling of Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu, which took place Friday, 30 March. The fighting began in the morning in this neighbourhood of Daynile, located in an outlying area of Mogadishu. The...

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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

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...

Slideshow: Scaling up response in Mogadishu, Somalia

Somalia / 15.08.11

This week, Médecins Sans Frontières has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia.

In the past weeks, an estimated 100,000 people have fled from south and central Somalia to the capital to seek assistance. They are settling in numerous camps in and around Mogadishu, with little or no access to health care.

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