News from Mudug, South Central Somalia
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MSF treats victims of ongoing fighting in South Galkayo.
Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) has received 13 patients with gunshot injuries following a shooting incident that took place at a teashop in Galkayo South in the early hours of Wednesday…
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Eye Surgery Camp, Galkayo, Somalia
What: MSF has successfully completed another special “eye surgery camp”, aimed at giving hundreds of Somali’s back their sight. This is the third time MSF has set-up this camp in close…
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Slideshow: Galcayo, Somalia: MSF’s Free Hospital and Clinics ‘A Life-line for People’
Galcayo is located in south-central Somalia with a ‘green line’ separating Galcayo South and Galcayo North. Twenty years of violence have destroyed basic state services and the health care system…
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Restoring Sight in Galcayo-VIDEO
An MSF “eye surgery camp” in Somalia recently helped more than 600 Somalis regain their sight. Eye problems, like many health issues in Somalia, often go untreated. A theoretically manageable problem such as the common cataract—clouding in the lens of the eye—can therefore lead to blindness. In a country already beset by conflict and poverty, losing one’s vision is devastating. If the resources are there, however, a simple surgery can quickly and vastly improve one’s ability to live a dignified and healthy life.
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Restoring Sight in Galcayo-Slideshow
This slideshow shows the amazing work of the MSF eye camp in Galcayo, Somalia. The 10-day camp was run by MSF, together with Dr Dalmar, a Somali eye doctor resident in…
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MSF opens new outpatient department for children in Galcayo North
MSF is today opening a new outpatient facility for children under the age of 12 in MSF’s clinic in Galcayo North. The facility will offer free outpatient consultations and medication to children living in Galcayo and the surrounding areas.
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Interview with Dr. Abdullahi Adan Mohamoud, MSF project – South Galcayo Hospital, Somalia
Why is MSF’s surgical facility in South Galcayo Hospital so important? The MSF surgical facility in Galcayo is very important because it is the only free surgical facility in a…
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Around the clock healthcare saves countless lives in South Galcayo hospital, Somalia
A child being given care in the MSF therapeutic feeding centre, South Galcayo Hospital. Prolonged drought coupled with fighting and high food prices means the nutritional centre is often packed to capacity.
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Interview with Dr. Abdullahi Adan Mohamoud, MSF project – South Galcayo Hospital, Somalia
We perform all types of surgery, however war wounded patients make-up roughly half of the patients we operate on.
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Médecins Sans Frontières closes its medical project in Bossaso, Puntland State of Somalia
Due to the kidnapping of two of its humanitarian workers last December, on 15 April the international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) decided to close all its remaining medical and nutritional operations for the internally displaced people (IDP) living on the outskirts of Bossaso.
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