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MSF intervention in Banki, Borno State, Nigeria , July 2016
Malnutrition

MSF warns of large-scale humanitarian disaster in northeastern Nigeria

An MSF team was able to reach the town of Banki, near the border with Cameroon. Approximately 15,000 people displaced by the conflict are living isolated and cut off in this half-destroyed town.
 Videos and Photos - 12 Aug 2016
 
Lake Chad - people in dire need of support
Malnutrition

AFRICAN INDEPENDENT: Lake Chad has been forgotten

Latest News - 12 Aug 2016
 

Syria: “People are scared to go to hospitals”

An interview with a Syrian doctor managing an MSF supported hospital in east Aleppo
 - 12 Aug 2016
 
Cholera

Ruphas Kafera “Safe water and proper sanitation is critical to reducing the risk of illness in the camps”

Ruphas Kafera, aged 37, who hails from Zimbabwe recently landed in Nigeria’s crisis hit Borno State, to help people suffering in wake conflict between Boko Haram and the military.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Aug 2016
 
Boost Hospital - Lashgar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan
Malnutrition

Afghanistan: Patients numbers falling in Helmand as intensifying conflict restricts access

Patient numbers are fluctuating considerably due to the intensifying conflict in districts surrounding Helmand’s provincial capital of Lashkar Gah.
 Latest News - 12 Aug 2016
 
Testimony of a nigerian refugee
Malnutrition

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
 
Testimony of a nigerian refugee
Malnutrition

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

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

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
 
MSF Supported Hospital Bombed in Idlib, Syria

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