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Malnutrition

DRC: “A different emergency happens every day”

Interview with Marit de Wit, MSF Health Advisor for Democratic Republic of Congo, who recently visited the Mweso and Walikale projects in North Kivu, DRC.
- 2 Jun 2017
 
Cholera

South Sudan: Thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition

Malnutrition and suspected cases of cholera are escalating amongst people sheltering in the bush near Pieri, South Sudan, putting the health of thousands of people at risk. 
Latest News - 2 Jun 2017
 
Meningitis

Meningitis: "When I was younger, I got meningitis. It affected my vision"

More than 740,400 people have been vaccinated with MSF support in both countries
Videos and Photos - 2 Jun 2017
 
Publications

"I am sorry my mother because the boat sank and I could not reach my destination… ”

6-minute animated film “Sorry I Drowned”, created by the Beirut-based Studio Kawakeb and Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Videos and Photos - 2 Jun 2017
 
Meningitis

Meningitis C: “We are still facing the same problem of vaccine shortage”

Interview with Miriam Alía, MSF vaccination and outbreak response advisor, specialised in meningitis. Miriam is one of two MSF staff working in the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Patient and Staff Stories - 1 Jun 2017
 
Meningitis

Meningitis C: “The lack of diagnostics and available treatments are the main challenges”

Interview with Bart Bardock, Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) Project Coordinator. NERU has been working since February in Nigeria’s Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Niger states collecting samples, doing surveillance work and supporting the national vaccination campaign to reduce the impact of the latest meningitis C outbreak. 
- 1 Jun 2017
 
Meningitis

Nigeria and Niger face another meningitis C outbreak

For yet another year, Nigeria and Niger are facing severe outbreaks of meningitis C. Both countries are part of the ‘meningitis belt
- 31 May 2017
 
Haiti

Talia Zongia: “It’s crucial to help in whichever way we can”

A Johannesburg-based administrative assistant spent six months working at a hospital in Tabarre in hurricane-hit Haiti.

 
Fieldworkers Stories - 30 May 2017
 
Malnutrition

Iraq: 425,000 people have fled west Mosul since February

The conflict in Iraq continues to cause massive displacement and hardships to civilians
Videos and Photos - 30 May 2017
 
Malnutrition

DRC: Malnutrition and disease ravage the settlements around Kalémie

People are dying from preventable diseases, and malnutrition rates are above the emergency threshold.
Press Release - 28 May 2017