Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news

Just after Cyclone Idai made landfall in southern Africa, MSF sent four experts in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to the region and mobilised thousands of volunteers around the world to produce high-quality maps of the worst-hit areas.

In Pakistan, the misuse of labour-inducing drugs poses serious health risks to mothers and newborns. Driven by alarming evidence from an operational research study, MSF piloted a dedicated training for health workers to counter this dangerous misuse.

In the wake of damage and devastating flooding caused when Cyclone Idai hit Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe late last week, our teams are responding in the affected areas.

It has now been a month since Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique and life is slowly returning to normal in Beira. But there are still many needs.

MSF is extremely concerned for civilians caught in the ongoing fighting in Tripoli, Libya, including refugees and migrants currently trapped in detention centres in or near the affected areas.

MSF uses programme to access affordable versions of pneumonia vaccine to protect refugee children in Greece.

In a ward at MSF post-operative care facility in Mosul, Ahed is sleeping deeply. The young girl just underwent her 27th surgery in less than two years.

As the outbreak in eastern DRC enters its ninth month, the number of new cases has soared. One of the main reasons for the struggles of the response may be its failure to adapt to the population’s needs.

MSF teams have set up a cholera treatment unit in Tica and are providing logistical support for the cholera vaccination campaign led by the Ministry of Health.

MSF strongly condemns the killing last Thursday of their colleague Gaulbert Mokafe, assistant nurse at the Batangafo hospital, at the hands of an armed group.