Malnutrition
Patient and Staff Stories - 11 Aug 2016
Nigeria: “There is nothing left in Banki”
On 19-22 July, an MSF team from Cameroon provided emergency medical assistance and delivered food in Banki, Nigeria near the Cameroon border. Some patients needed to be referred to neighbouring Cameroon due to the severity of their condition.Patient and Staff Stories - 11 Aug 2016
Malnutrition
- 11 Aug 2016
Nigeria: "Violent attacks forced us to leave our village"
When MSF teams visited Banki a couple of weeks ago, they found a catastrophic health situation, mainly marked by high rates of severe acute malnutrition.- 11 Aug 2016
HIV/Aids
Latest News - 10 Aug 2016
MSF donates external fixators for trauma victims in Kashmir, India
MSF teams have suspended their regular mental health activities in order to support health facilities treating the wounded in Kashmir.Latest News - 10 Aug 2016
Malnutrition
Latest News - 10 Aug 2016
North Syria: IDPs and host communities are in dire need of humanitarian assistance
With moving frontlines and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) offensive on Menbij, the number of civilians fleeing their home towns towards the area’s surrounding the Euphrates River increased.Latest News - 10 Aug 2016
Syria: MSF-supported hospital in Idlib bombed to the ground amid increased intensity of attacks
A busy MSF-supported hospital serving a population of 70,000 people was destroyed by aerial bombing in Millis town, Idlib Governorate, Syria on Saturday 06 August.Press Release - 8 Aug 2016
HIV/Aids
Fieldworkers Stories - 5 Aug 2016
Job Kamanda: “These kids’ suffering made me want to do something to avert it.”
Job Kamanda, 29, a Kenyan nutritionist is among the numerous staff Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has deployed to provide emergency medical care in Nigeria’s Borno State.Fieldworkers Stories - 5 Aug 2016
Lay health workers - the glue holding everything together
The Lay workers are the unsung heroes of the HIV treatment movement. They form the links in the life-saving chain between people and treatment programmes to halt the spread of the virus.Latest News - 5 Aug 2016
New IP consultative framework for SA: three years’ delay is three too many
Cabinet recently approved a new Intellectual Property (IP) Consultative Framework for South Africa. This follows a Draft National IP Policy published for comment in 2013 – on which MSF and many other groups commented.Press Release - 2 Aug 2016
Cholera
Press Release - 1 Aug 2016
Cholera: MSF vaccinating high risk groups in Juba
MSF launched a vaccination campaign to protect people who have a higher risk of contracting Cholera in Juba, South Sudan.Press Release - 1 Aug 2016
Malaria
Fieldworkers Stories - 29 Jul 2016
Patrick Muhoza “I want to keep helping sick kids, wherever they are”
Meet MSF fieldworker Patrick Muhoza who recently came back from his nine month assignment in Chad.Fieldworkers Stories - 29 Jul 2016