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A hostile climate: how MSF humanitarian workers and communities are beginning to adapt to the challenges of climate change
Climate change is having devastating consequences for human health. A new report from MSF’s Humanitarian Action for Climate and Environment (HACE) Initiative and Heidelberg University Institute of Global Health describes how MSF humanitarian workers, patients and communities are experiencing and responding to a rapidly changing environment.
People fleeing violence in Haiti's capital urgently need water and sanitation
The medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has shipped 80 tons of medical supplies to Haiti by air and by road since mid-June, after three months without being able to import medicines and supplies, which directly threatened its activities in the country
Mpox outbreak: "The availability of vaccines and diagnostic tools must be ensured"
On 13 August, CDC Africa declared Mpox a ‘public health emergency’. In the DRC, MSF has put in place several interventions to support the response to this epidemic. Here is a statement from Dr Amrish Baidjoe, Director of LuxOR.
El Fasher: civilians and health structures remain unprotected under intensive bombardment
Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment of the city; MSF calls urgently for protection of civilians and health structures.
MSF sees severe spike in arrivals of war-wounded Rohingya from Myanmar
Escalating numbers of Rohingya people with violence-related injuries have crossed the border into Bangladesh over the past week, indicating the worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Silent Suffering: The Deadly Toll of Healthcare Access Challenges in Baidoa for Women and Children
In the town of Baidoa, in south-west Somalia, civil war, lack of resources and the collapse of the health system are having a serious impact on the health of women and children. Pregnant women are finding it increasingly difficult to access care, leading to delays in treatment and avoidable deaths.
Overwhelming surge of malnutrition cases in Bauchi: vital response includes community-based solutions
In Bauchi state, like other states in northern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing an unprecedent surge in malnutrition cases and are rapidly scaling up our medical response. As well as increasing bed capacity at the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre (ITFC) in Ganjuwa LGA, we are launching a community-integrated program to identify and train people in the community to diagnose and treat malnutrition at an early stage.
MSF survey shows the scale and continuing cycle of violence against women displaced by war
More than one in 10 young women report having been raped in the period covered by
the survey, November 2023 - April 2024. MSF renews our appeal to the authorities and aid agencies
to guarantee the protection of displaced people, and to respond adequately to the epidemic of
violence.
Our emergency response to cholera in Comoros
On 2 February 2024, an unprecedented cholera epidemic was declared by the government of Comoros, an archipelago off the east coast of Africa.