News from Assisting Somalis
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MSFSPAINExternal Vacancy Announcement
GP/SURGEON Based in JOWHAR Reference no. 1182 Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)Spainis an international humanitarian Non Governmental Organization, operating inSomalia. We are currently recruiting for the position of Medical…
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Médecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident
Somalia – Médecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident Humanitarian organisation is unable to continue its work as minimum safety conditions for patients and staff are…
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Somalia Crisis – Not Over Yet!
Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report February 13, 2013 Nairobi/Amsterdam. In a report released today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) highlights violence, displacement and food shortages…
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Maternal Health in Wardher
Wardher is a town of approximately 15,000 people situated in a remote part of Ethiopia close to the Somalia border. An ongoing armed conflict continues to destabilize the area creating…
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Kenya: possible new influx of refugees will worsen already dire situation for refugees in Dadaab
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the medical consequences following the recent public statements from Kenyan authorities exhorting thousands of Somali refugees in Kenya to leave urban areas…
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MSF in Somalia: Operating at our own risk
A year after one of the “worst famines”[1] Somalia has ever known, the attention of the international community has turned elsewhere. While the food and nutrition situation is slowly improving,…
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MSF, Burco hospital
The town of Burco has the biggest public hospital for many miles, serving a population of at least 350,000. Last year, medical teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without borders joined…
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“Visions for the future of healthcare and how we’re going to pay for it”
Dr Unni Karunakara, Médecins Sans Frontières International President Global HealthcareSummit, The Economist,London, 29 November 2012 The global health landscape is changing. The burden of health needs is shifting. Falling fertility…
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Somalia: MSF responds to urgent needs on outskirts of Mogadishu
MSF nutritional assessment in camps reveals alarming malnutrition rates 19 November 2012 – One in four children living in camps on the edge of the Somali capital are malnourished, according…
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Implementation of new test increases drug-resistant TB diagnosis while shortening treatment initiation time
MSF data results reveal urgent need to scale up DR-TB treatment Geneva/Kuala Lumpur, 13 November 2012 – Results from the largest multi-country implementation of the new rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic…
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