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Libya9/27/2023
In Derna, MSF doctors and psychologists bring support to the mourning city
Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about to end and reconstruction is starting. The need for psychological relief is immense among Derna’s people. MSF has begun medical activities, focusing on mental health support for people who lost everything, as well as for medical staff and volunteers. Michel Olivier Lacharité, MSF Head of Emergency, in Derna, explains.
Press releases9/21/2023
Universal Health Coverage targets leave behind the most vulnerable
Universal healthcare coverage is one of the key health topics for the 78th UN General Assembly, held in New York this week. But Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is worried that the current plans for Universal Healthcare Coverage are leaving behind the very people that are now most excluded from access to healthcare.
MSF urges immediate response to Nigeria’s worsening diphtheria outbreak
A serious diphtheria outbreak is tearing through Nigeria, where thousands of people have been infected and hundreds more have died. With low national vaccination coverage and a worldwide shortage of lifesaving antitoxin threatening to worsen the outbreak, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges the international community to immediately scale up support to improve treatment, preventive measures and contact tracing to control the outbreak’s spread.
Democratic Republic of the Congo9/20/2023
Nord-Kivu : The daily struggles of women in Goma’s displacement camps
For hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in camps around Goma, survival is a daily struggle, especially for women. Every day, around 70 women who are survivors of sexual assault present themselves at the structures set up by MSF in the Lushagala, Bulengo, Elohim, Shabindu, Rusayo and Kanyaruchinya sites - an unacceptable situation.
MSF ready to start medical response in Derna
MSF medical coordinator Manoelle Carton describes the situation in the Libyan cities of Derna and Susah, one week after the devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel.
Flooding in Libya: MSF mobilised in response to the immense needs
The devastating floods caused by storm Daniel have split the coastal town of Derna, in eastern Libya, in two. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which has regular operations in the west of the country, sent a team there from Tripoli.
It arrived on 14 September, donated medical kits and is beginning to assess needs. It has also met with the Ministry of Health and is working with the Libyan Red Crescent, the main humanitarian player on the ground.
Flooding in Libya: An emergency team is being deployed to Derna
An MSF team has arrived the evening of 13 September from Misrata to Tobruk, east Libya and is due to reach Derna today by the road, in spite of challenging conditions as Derna has been split in two parts, east and west, by the floodings.
Testimonies9/14/2023
Morocco: MSF's eye-witness account of earthquake's impact
This week, an MSF team travelled to Morocco's Chichaoua Province, located in Marrakesh-Safi, to evaluate the needs of the people living in the isolated villages affected by the strong earthquake that struck the country on the night of Friday to Saturday 8 to 9 September 2023.
Warnings of a predictable failure on Lampedusa were ignored
Images from Lampedusa showing hundreds of people left for hours in the sun before receiving assistance, and severe overcrowding at the island’s ‘hotspot,’ are evidence of a predictable failure, MSF has said.