Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news

Largely forgotten by the media, people in Cameroon’s Far North region continue to suffer daily violence at the hands of all parties in conflict, while also facing extreme poverty in a region subject to an unpredictable climate.

Haiti’s intensifying political and economic crisis is severely impacting the country’s medical system. MSF has opened a hospital specialised in treating patients with life-threatening injuries.

A new model of care could help communities spot the symptoms of HIV and speed up the referral process, so that HIV positive patients receive care quickly and effectively.

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.

As well as the physical aspect of the care we are providing, our psychosocial teams work with our patients and their families to aid in their recovery.

Every year, the combination of ‘hunger gap’ and rainy season trigger a spike in rates of malnutrition and malaria in southern Niger. Hundreds of thousands of children continue to be affected by this chronic emergency though.

SOS Méditerranée and MSF repeat their calls to EU governments to ensure a sustained and coordinated response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster in the Central Mediterranean.

Vaccination is one of the key tools in fighting the Ebola outbreak in north-eastern DRC.

“Vucjak camp is a dangerous and inhumane place – no human being should live like that.”