News from Lower Juba, South Central Somalia
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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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Cholera in Kismayo
MSF is responding to increased cases of acute watery diarrhoea among children and adults in the southern-Somali city of Kismayo. We are admitting more patients every day. Kismayo is densely populated so there…
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UPDATE: MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES TREATS WOUNDED AFTER CAMP FOR DISPLACED IS HIT BY BOMBARDMENT IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA
MSF can confirm 5 casualties and is currently treating 45 wounded, 31 of whom are children, following the aerial bombardment in Jilib. For the full press release, please click on this link: http://www.somali.msf.org/2011/10/medecins-sans-frontieres-treats-wounded-after-camp-for-displaced-is-hit-by-bombardment-in-southern-somalia/
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MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES TREATS WOUNDED AFTER CAMP FOR DISPLACED IS HIT BY BOMBARDMENT IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA
NAIROBI, 30 Oct 2011 – MSF staff in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, southern Somalia, are treating dozens of injured following an aerial bombardment on the town of Jilib that…
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Slideshow – MSF medics and logisiticians working hand in hand
Setting up an MSF project requires more than just Doctors. Logisiticians, who ensure water, electricity and drug supplies, amongst other things, are crucial for the smooth functioning of our activities. In this slideshow, meet nurse supervisor Fatuma and logistician Ismael as they return to Jamaame in the Lower Juba region of Somalia where MSF runs an outpatients and inpatient department, providing paediatric and adult medical care, as well as treatment for severe malnutrition.
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Significant rise in malnutrition in Lower Juba
The number of malnourished children being treated at Marere Hospital, Lower Juba Region, Somalia, has risen dramatically in recent weeks, says medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “MSF is currently…
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Slideshow: Jamaame project, southern Somalia
An overview of MSF activities in Jamaame, through the eyes of MSF field coordinator and the voices of the Somali staff. Jamaame hospital, with 55 beds, was opened in March 2007.
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Graduate surgeon from Somali medical school becomes part of MSF team in Somalia
26 year old Dr. Hafsa Abdurrahman Mohamed is one of 20 first Somali graduates from the medical school in Mogadishu. Today she uses her skills to provide free care in Somalia.
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Looting brings suspension of MSF work in Jilib, Somalia
As an independent association of medical professionals and support staff, MSF remains committed to providing healthcare to the people of Somalia, as we have done since 1992. However, actions taken against MSF facilities and staff prevent the organization from providing the extent of medical care so desperately needed in Somalia.
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Médecins Sans Frontières Closes Medical Project in Kismayo, Somalia
Following the killing of three staff members on January 28, the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to close its project in the southern city of Kismayo,…
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