Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news
Mediterranean Sea
Carnage in the Mediterranean is the direct result of European state policies
The last few days have produced one of the most lethal episodes in the central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, with more than 100 people dying at sea in three separate shipwrecks within less than 72 hours.
Mapathon Sans Frontières 2020 (en ligne)
Rejoignez-nous le 17 novembre à 18h00 pour un événement qui allie bonne humeur et action, et qui contribue directement au travail humanitaire de MSF sur le terrain : cartographier les zones du monde touchées par les catastrophes naturelles, les conflits et les épidémies.
Governments must demand pharma make all COVID-19 vaccine deals public
With billions of dollars of tax payer money being poured into the development coronavirus vaccines, the deals from pharmaceutical companies are being kept largely secret, raising concerns.
Syria
Taking risks to survive as COVID-19 spreads in the northwest
The number of COVID-19 cases in northwest Syria has steadily increased since July, leading local authorities to impose a limited lockdown on 6 November to help slow down transmission.
South Sudan
Urgent vaccination campaign needed to stop spread of measles in Pibor
Two months into a measles outbreak in Pibor town in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the spread of the highly contagious and life-threatening illness is a severe growing crisis.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
New strategies at work in eleventh Ebola outbreak
In an interview, Guyguy Manangama who is leading MSF's Ebola response in Équateur province, describes the eleventh outbreak, which has lower levels of mortality than the previous outbreak.
Syria
Dozens of casualties treated following an airstrike in Idlib
On the morning of Monday 26th October, an airstrike hit an area in the north of Idlib governorate (Syria). Local media outlets have reported more than 75 deaths and another 135 casualties so far.
South Sudan
Severe flooding worsens in many areas, raising health risks
Severe flooding is affecting an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swath of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. Many areas have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis.
Cameroon
MSF Responds to school shooting in Kumba, South-West Cameroon
Following this morning’s school shooting in Kumba, South-West Cameroon, Doctors Without Borders launched a mass casualty plan, responding with our ambulance service and surgical care in the Presbyterian General Hospital (PGH), Kumba.
Sudan
Healthcare on donkeys
Nasteh Shukri Mahamud, is a nurse and MSF medical team leader in Rokero, Central Darfur. He describes what it's like providing healthcare in this isolated and volatile region.