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Emergency Ukraine: A race against time for survival
Over ten days into the conflict and its escalation, we are beginning to see the impact on civilians. A full-scale war has broken out in many areas, making travel difficult, dangerous or simply impossible. Determining the true extent of medical needs in Ukraine is a challenge for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams.
MSF rushes emergency medical supplies from Ukraine warehouse to Kyiv by train
Around 6pm local time, Saturday 05 March, one of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s Emergency Response teams in Ukraine met Oleksandr Kamyshin, Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Railways. MSF's first international supplies had arrived in Ukraine, and had been unloaded in the warehouse, just a few hours before.
Corridors are not enough in Ukraine: Safe passage and access for humanitarian aid must be a right not a privilege
In the besieged city of Mariupol, thousands of people, including MSF staff and their families, remain cut off from the world. The international humanitarian medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is closely monitoring the ongoing reports about an agreement for safe passage of civilians this weekend.
Ukraine Emergency Response3/5/2022
3/5/2022“We are calling for respect for human life” in Ukraine
In the besieged city of Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, thousands of people, including staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and families, remain cut off from the world. Laurent Ligozat, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Ukraine, shares his concerns about the safety of civilians in the city.
Emergency Ukraine
With more than a million people forced to flee Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), with 60 staff already on the ground, is working to set up emergency response activities to support people in the areas most affected by the fighting in Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
How MSF is trying to access the areas most affected by fighting
While the number of deaths and injuries rises in Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of people seek refuge in neighbouring countries, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at border crossings are working to get staff and equipment into the areas most affected by the Russian military offensive. Bérengère Guais, deputy head of emergency programmes in Paris, explains in this itnerview the challenges and difficulties of the association's deployment in Ukraine.
People in Mananjary cut off from healthcare after two cyclones
Between February 5 and 22, cyclones Batsirai et Emnati hit the east coast of Madagascar, destroying numerous healthcare centres. More than 150,000 people have been affected by these cyclones. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are struggling to reach isolated rural areas where people have very limited access to healthcare and other essential services.
Lassa fever: not only a neglected disease, but neglected patients too
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a rodent-borne disease that is endemic to West Africa. MSF’s project in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, began in March 2018 to respond to Lassa Fever, with a specific focus on reducing transmission to health care workers and improving case management in order to reduce mortality amongst patients with the long term view of influencing protocols for Nigeria, as well as further afield in West Africa’s Lassa Zone. Temmy Sunyoto, member of the Luxembourg MSF
research unit (LuxOR), reports on a mission she carried out in October 2021 in Abakaliki.
MSF mobilises response in Ukraine and nearby countries
As hundreds of thousands of people are forced to escape, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working on setting up emergency response activities in Ukraine and deploying teams in Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Teams are also ready to respond in Russia and Belarus.