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Vaccination

Preventing cervical cancer in Malawi

In late January 2020, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, MSF implemented an HPV vaccination campaign for 8,500 nine-year-old girls in the Chiradzulu district of Malawi
 Videos and Photos - 6 Mar 2020
 
Pneumonia

South Sudan: Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies

In Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative, the conflict has led to the displacement of thousands exposing men, children and women to extreme levels of violence and leaving them in dire need of humanitarian and medical assistance.

 
 Latest News - 4 Mar 2020
 
Mental Health

Asylum seeker dies in Libya’s detention centre fire.

The night of Saturday 29 February to Sunday 1 March, a fire broke out in Dhar el Jebel detention centre, where a 26 years old Eritrean man tragically lost his life as he got caught up in the flames while sleeping in one of the overcrowded cells of the
 Press Release - 3 Mar 2020
 
Italy

SAR Ocean Viking in Quarantine

The rescue ship Ocean Viking jointly operated by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE, and its crew on board, have been instructed to remain in quarantine since Sunday
 Press Release - 28 Feb 2020
 
Syria

MSF to scale up its response as tensions reach a new peak

Since 1st December 2019, more than 948,000 people (according to the UN) have been displaced by bombing and shelling on Idlib province, in Northwest Syria
 Press Release - 28 Feb 2020
 
Syria

Dr Mustafa Ajaj, speaking from Deir Hassan camp, northwestern

People are fleeing north, seeking safety in a territory that is getting smaller and smaller
 Patient and Staff Stories - 28 Feb 2020
 
Syria

Syria: Indiscriminate attacks in Idlib must stop

Indiscriminate attacks on civilians areas on 25 February had predictably horrific consequences in Idlib governorate, Syria. Three MSF-supported hospitals near the frontlines received 185 wounded and 18 patients who were dead-on-arrival.
 Press Release - 27 Feb 2020
 
Syria

Northwest Syria: “You see children sitting in the snow under olive trees”

An MSF doctor working in Deir Hassan camp, 30 km west of Aleppo, describes the situation as hundreds of thousands of people flee an offensive by government forces on the last opposition-held area in Syria.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 25 Feb 2020
 
Typhoid

Zimbabwe: Empowered communities fighting cholera and typhoid

In Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, recurring outbreaks of cholera and typhoid fever are a pressing health concern. Using innovative borehole technology and empowering communities to manage their own water points, MSF developed a highly effective environmental health toolkit.
 Latest News - 25 Feb 2020
 
Malaria

Burkina Faso: MSF scales up assistance to people affected by increasing levels of violence

Burkina Faso has faced increased levels of violence in 2019, leading to an exponential growth of population displacement throughout the year, the number of internally displaced people has grown from an estimated 47.000 people in December 2018 to over 765.000 in February 2020
 Latest News - 24 Feb 2020