Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news
Central African Republic
CAR, The Lost Country
The collapse of the country after more than a year of violence.
The SORT IT course and beyond
The month of June sees three publications focusing on the outcomes of the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT) and the early indications of the long-term impact of this training course.
3rd Operational Research Day
This year the Operational Research Day (OR Day) celebrates its 3rd anniversary.
Recommendations for increasing Operational Research
Mauritania
Interview with MSF Head of Mission in Mauritania’s Mbera refugee camp
As of today, MSF carries out approximately 8,500 consultations per month, while this number can reach 12,000 during the rainy season.
Philippines
Six months after the typhoon
In the six months since Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, teams from MSF have provided care for emergency and everyday health problems in hospitals and mobile clinics, delivered clean water and helped to repair sewerage systems and health centres in some of the worst affected areas.
Philippines
MSF's Typhoon Haiyan Response
Report launched: in the eye of the typhoon.
Operational research : the answer
How can we bridge the gap between scientific innovation and health services? Operational research offers a solution.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Innovative vaccination strategies to respond to measles epidemic
Tessy Fautsch, a nurse, went with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to Wamba in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to take part in a measles vaccination campaign that is part of a new project aiming to respond to the epidemic that has been devastating the country since 2010.
Mauritania
More effort underway for Malian refugees
MSF teams in Mauritania that have been working among 75,000 Malian refugees at the Mbéra camp since February 2012 are now scaling up their medical activities.