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MSF provides essential healthcare during and after conflict, treats people affected by epidemic diseases, helps people in the aftermath of natural disasters and offers medical care to those excluded from healthcare.
In countries where health facilities are insufficient or even non-existent, MSF rehabilitates hospitals and clinics, runs vaccination programmes, performs surgery, operates feeding centres for malnourished children, providespsychological support and runs water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres and slum areas and provides training to local personnel.
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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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MSF again condemns abduction of its two colleagues in Dadaab, calls for their release
In October 2011, Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were abducted from the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, where they had been working to help some of the most…
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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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HUMANITARIAN AID MUST NOT BE CO-OPTED INTO SOMALIA STABILIZATION CAMPAIGN
Integrating Aid into UN, AU Political and Military Strategy Will Threaten Humanitarian Efforts. NEW YORK/PARIS/NAIROBI – February 28, 2013 – Efforts underway at the United Nations to integrate humanitarian…
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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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First new tuberculosis drug for 50 years –works on drug-resistant forms of the disease
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for rapid registration in countries with high drug-resistant tuberculosis burden NEW YORK/GENEVA – Embargo TBC – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomed the approval by the US Food…
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One Year After Killing of Our Two Colleagues in Somalia
29th December 2012 It is with great sadness that the medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) marks one year since its two colleagues, Philippe and Kace, were brutally murdered in…
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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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MSF Concludes Support to Istarlin Hospital, Guri El
Nairobi, 6 November, 2012—– After years of medical assistance to Istarlin hospital in Guri El, Galgaduud region, MSF will conclude its financial, technical support and commitment by January 31st 2013….
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Taking mental healthcare to people who need it
In the refugee camps of Kenya and beyond, psychologists are an integral part of the teams of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). For World Mental Health Day, we look…
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MSF RESTATES ITS ANGER AND SHOCK OVER ABDUCTION OF AID WORKERS ONE YEAR AGO IN DADAAB
The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) continues to fully support the families of Blanca Thiebaut and Montserrat Serra who were abducted from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, while…
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Leaders must not fail refugees in Dadaab, the world’s largest camp
Dadaab: leaders must not fail refugees in the world’s largest camp Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) calls for immediate action Geneva, 1 October 2012 – This week, government leaders…
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Fear of fighting forces malnourished children to leave MSF’s Kismayo feeding centre
Nairobi, 28 September 2012 – The last children under treatment for severe malnutrition today left the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) feeding centre in the southern Somali city ofKismayo as parents…
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MSF Interventions in Somalia 2012
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES ACTIVITIES map (1)For over two decades, the Somali population has experienced wars, displacement, poor access to healthcare and insufficient humanitarian assistance. The severe drought that affected the region…
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Kismayo Staff Interviews
Médecins Sans Frontières is active in 22 locations all over Somalia, on all sides of the front lines and political divides. People in many parts of the country are facing daily struggles…
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MSF statement in response to false accusations against its work as posted on AmirNur website
Updated August 13, 2012 – MSF strongly denies the accusations against its work in Somaliland as initially posted on Amir Nur and repeated on other websites. The hospitals operated by…
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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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Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for all parties to respect the neutrality of medical facilities.
Geneva. 22 June 2012: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is extremely concerned about an incident that occurred last Saturday 16 June in the MSF-supported hospital in Belet Weyne, Somalia. The neutrality of Belet…
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Dadaab: Shadows of lives
Camps are no refuge Dadaab holds the shameful title of the largest refugee camp in the world. Its five camps (Dagahaley, Hagadera, Ifo, Kambios and Ifo 2) are home to 465,611 registered…
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The biggest refugee camp in the world is not a refuge anymore
Amina arrived in Dadaab in 1992, when she was one year old. Born in Afmadow, Somalia, she fled from her own country because of violence, drought and a lack of food. In the…
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‘People in Dadaab are broken’
Voice from the field Abubakar Mohamed Mahamud:‘People in Dadaab are broken’ Abu, as everyone knows him, has worked with Somali refugees in northeastern Kenya since the war in Somalia began…
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Dadaab, Kenya: “How many more crises will it take before we start looking for a solution?”
Dadaab/Nairobi, 14 June 2012 – On Thursday 14 June, ahead of World Refugee Day, the internationalhumanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will launch Out of Somalia, a book about life…
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Measles is one of Somalia’s Biggest Killers, So Vaccinate!
Measles is a major killer in Somalia and it’s easily preventable. Vaccination – with high coverage and proper vaccine management – is critical to saving lives in Somalia. MSF asks…
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Danger in Somalia! The Risks of Childbirth
Joe Belliveau May 2012 Galcayo North Dr Hamida Shakib Mohamed just helped deliver a healthy 3.6 kg boy. It’s a good thing the mother made it to this health center; it was…
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INVITATION TO BOOK LAUNCH AND A PANEL DISCUSSION
MSF invites you to ‘out of Somalia’ book launch and a panel discussion ‘Dadaab,20 years on:what next?’
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SOMALIA CRISIS FAR FROM OVER
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, was major headline news last year. Although media attention has faded, Somalia remains in the grip of a major humanitarian…
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GUILTY VERDICT DELIVERED FOR KILLER OF MSF STAFF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been informed that Ahmed Salad Farey, former MSF Logistic Assistant, has been found guilty of the killing of our two colleagues Dr. Karel Keiluhu, known as Kace,…
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PROJECT FOR SOMALI REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA HANDED OVER
MSF has handed over one of its largest projects for Somali refugees in Ethiopia. The number of refugees crossing the border has significantly gone down since the humanitarian crisis of last year….
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MSF CONCLUDES CHOLERA INTERVENTION IN BALCAD, MIDDLE SHABELLE
MSF medical teams in Middle Shabelle have responded to a cholera outbreak detected in the region late March. The confirmation of the first cholera case prompted the humanitarian organization to open a Cholera Treatment…
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MSF to restructure health support in Galgaduud due to deteriorating security
Nairobi, 16 May 2012. Due to worsening security conditions, MSF has made the difficult decision to close its primary health care programmes in Dhusa Mareb and Hindere that had been running since…
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World Malaria Day – April 25, 2012
MASSIVE MALARIA SURGE IN DR CONGO REQUIRES URGENT RESPONSE Triple-fold Increase in Cases Since 2009 Kinshasa/Brussels April 25, 2012 – A massive increase in malaria cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is…
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Assisting the Somali population
Overview of MSF activities in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia This document gives an overview of MSF activities related to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia, which have…
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Six months after the abduction of Blanca Thiebaut and Montserrat Serra
MSF puts on hold the opening of any non-emergency projects in Somalia until the safe release of its two staff The international medical organization; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has put on hold…
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Somalia — An MSF Hospital Caught in Center of Fighting in Mogadishu
MSF condemns the shelling of Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu, which took place Friday, March 30. The fighting began in the morning in this neighborhood of Daynile, located in an outlying…
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ALARMING SCALE OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS REQUIRES RAPID RESPONSE TO AVERT EMERGING GLOBAL CRISIS
Alarming new data suggest that the global scope of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is much more vast than previously estimated, requiring a concerted international effort to combat this deadlier form of the disease, the medical…
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Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis
Médecins Sans Frontières highlights medical approaches to avert maternal deaths during humanitarian crises Sydney, 8 March 2012: On International Women’s Day, the international medical-humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is underlining the fact that…
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Measles Takes its Toll in Somalia
Measles is sweeping unchecked through parts of southern Somalia. The disease is highly contagious and unvaccinated children are at great risk, especially if they are also malnourished. The war in southern Somalia is…
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MSF Completes Closure of Hodan Medical Project in Mogadishu After Killing
7th March 2012 The medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has officially concluded its medical activities in Hodan following the tragic killings of our colleagues Philippe Havet and Dr. Karel Keiluhu in…
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“A LOT TO IMPROVE IN THE ETHIOPIAN CAMPS FOR SOMALI REFUGEES”
By early 2011, Ethiopia received 40,000 refugees coming from Somalia. By the end of 2011, the number had gone over 142,000. A mass exodus triggered by a terrible drought killing…
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Dadaab refugee camps: Back to square one
Briefing paper Dadaab refugee camps: Back to square one February 2012 Introduction In the Dadaab camp – the largest refugee camp in the world- where life is becoming more difficult everyday,…
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MSF Calls for the Safe Release of Blanca and Mone
MSF is doing everything in its power to bring about the safe release of Blanca Thiebaut and Montserrat Serra who were abducted in Dadaab, Kenya on 13 October 2011, while providing…
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Patient story from Kismayo, Somalia.
Story Four-year old Khalif has been under treatment in MSF’s in-patient therapeutic feeding centre in the southern Somali town of Kismayo for just over two weeks when his mother, Abshiro Gedi, tells his…
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MSF CLOSES ITS LARGEST MEDICAL PROJECT IN MOGADISHU AFTER KILLINGS – Other projects in Somalia continue, but MSF medical assistance in Somali capital reduced by half
19th January 2012 – Following the tragic killings of our colleagues Philippe Havet and Dr. Karel Keiluhu in Mogadishu, Somalia, on the 29th of December 2011, the medical humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)…
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Somalia : Update on MSF situation and activities in Mogadishu following the killings of its 2 colleagues
The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is continuing its medical activities in Somalia following the shooting deaths last week of two MSF aid workers in the organization’s compound in the capital, Mogadishu. While MSF…
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MSF condemns attacks on aid workers and calls for release of abducted colleagues – Humanitarian work in Somalia threatened
7 January 2012 – Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) colleagues, Phillipe Havet and Andrias Karel Keiluhuo, were killed last week by a gunman while implementing emergency assistance projects in…
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MSF Deeply Shocked and Saddened by the Killing of Two Staff Members in a Serious Incident in Mogadishu, Somalia
Mogadishu/ Nairobi/ Brussels, December 30, 2011- It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that two MSF staff members were killed yesterday morning as a result…
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Press Statement
MSF DIRECTS ALL EFFORTS TOWARDS SAFE RELEASE OF ABDUCTED COLLEAGUES MSF has received several reports from local sources and media that two foreign women, fitting the description of its colleagues’…
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Humanitarian agencies decry dangerous mixing of agendas in Somali war
By Joe Belliveau (This article first appeared in the East African on 28-11-2011) As the African saying goes, “When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.” In Somalia, as the war…
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Dadaab: the reduction of activities may have dramatic consequences on refugees
In the second half of 2011, MSF witnessed increased insecurity in the camps located near Dadaab, Kenya. The kidnapping of two MSF international staff members in October forced the organisation to halt activities…
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Somalia : a population caught between epidemics, malnutrition and conflict
Even for the long-suffering Somali population, the events of the past year have been challenging. The conflict that began two decades ago continues, and its consequences are exacerbated by drought, one of…
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ETHIOPIA: SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF SOMALI REFUGEES DEMANDS INCREASED CAPACITY
Unless the capacity to deliver aid is rapidly increased, there will be significant problems in meeting the needs of Somalis fleeing to Ethiopia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today
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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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SOMALIA – VACCINATION CAMPAIGN SUSPENDED DUE TO FIGHTING IN DAYNILLE
Mogadishu, October 22, 2011 After heavy fighting erupted on October 20 in Daynille, on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend its measles vaccination campaign in…
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Médecins Sans Frontières seeks swift release of two abducted staff without use of force and continues medical activities to assist Somali population
Following the abduction of two MSF staff in Dadaab, Kenya, on 13 October, the international medical organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has no verifiable information on the identity or motives of the abductors. MSF firmly…
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Update on the two MSF staff abducted in Kenya
Yesterday, Thursday October 13, an MSF team suffered an attack in Dadaab, Kenya. One of the MSF drivers, Mohamed Hassan Borle, age 31, was injured during this attack; his medical…
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Kenya & Somalia: Why Do We Have To Wait For A Crisis?
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Aid to displaced persons still insufficient in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, October 11, 2011 – Ravaged by 20 years of civil war, the Somali capital has experienced an influx of displaced persons in the last three months. Providing aid to people…
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MSF in Somalia – Timeline
MSF in Somalia –Timeline September 6, 2011 MSF first worked in Somalia in 1979 and has been present in the country with few interruptions since 1991, when a civil war erupted…
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Fighting measles in Somalia – rising to a difficult challenge
Measles. It starts with a fever, runny nose and a cough. Then a rash. For children who are not immunised this often spells disaster. Today, in Somalia measles is among the biggest…
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Reflections from the MSF President
Somalia: Accept or Renounce The weight of the word “famine” and the statistics offered to illustrate the current emergency in the Horn of Africa produce a certain unease, given the…
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Vicious Cycle of Measles and Malnutrition Worsens
In Mogadishu, the vicious cycle of measles and malnutrition worsens. MSF teams have vaccinated more than 30 000 children so far, but much more needs to be done to halt the spread…
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UPHILL CHALLENGE TO FIGHT CHOLERA AND MEASLES OUTBREAKS IN MARERE, SOMALIA
MSF is currently battling outbreaks of cholera and measles in and around the town of Marere in southern Somalia. Marere and the surrounding villages of Jilib, Keytoy and Osman Moto…
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Somalia: Striving to reach the most vulnerable
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has redoubled its efforts to reach those most in need in Somalia, where it has been working for more than 20 years. The international medical organisation has increased its…
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A reality check on Somalia
The current emergency unfolding in and around Somalia is being portrayed by many aid organisations and the media in one-dimensional terms, such as “famine in the Horn of Africa” or “worst…
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MSF ASSISTS WOUNDED AFTER HEAVY FIGHTING IN SOMALIA
The international medical-humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is assisting wounded patients in the town of Galcaayo in the Mudug Region of Somalia. Heavy fighting broke out on Thursday [1/9/11]…
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Somalia: Expanding activities despite significant obstacles
For the past few weeks Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in Somalia have been trying to expand their operations despite ongoing violence in the capital and other…
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Somalia: MSF rapidly scaling up its activities in Mogadishu
12 August, 2011. This week, Médecins Sans Frontières has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to…
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MSF distributes relief goods to 600 displaced families in Jilib
Over 3600 people who have found temporary shelter in the southern-Somali town of Jilib (Lower Juba Valley) received plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and soap. The goods were provided by our team…
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Podcast: Somalia crisis – inside MSF’s Marere hospital
As drought grips Somalia – a country already suffering the devastating effects of 20 years of conflict – hundreds of thousands of people are losing their livestock and fleeing their homes. We spoke to Dr Hussein Sheikh Qassim inside MSF’s Marere hospital.
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From one desert to another: MSF deeply concerned by the current relocation of refugees to Ifo 3 camp in Dadaab
Medical humanitarian organisation, Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the…
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MSF: No more delays or restrictions for Somalis needing aid and refuge
Nairobi, 22 July 2011 – In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges all parties inside Somalia, neighbouring…
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SOMALIA: PEOPLE ON THE MOVE IN UNSEEN PROPORTIONS
While more than 2000 Somalis cross the borders into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself the movement of people desperately seeking food and medical help is also taking unseen…
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Humanitarian crisis in the outskirts of the overcrowded Dadaab camp
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has found alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among the Somali refugees arriving and settling in the outskirts of the Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya. The organisation…
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MSF Stepping up Malnutrition Interventions in Horn of Africa
Organisation Hopes for further Expansion in Al-Shabaab Territory The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that foreign relief organizations would be welcomed in territories under their…
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From a rock to a hard place: The neglected victims of the conflict in Libya
Introduction Since the beginning of the war in Libya, over one million civilians have fled the conflict, most of them crossing land borders to Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Chad, Niger and Sudan. Others…
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Rapid increase in malnutrition due to severe drought in South Central Somalia
A prolonged drought in South Central Somalia is causing such high levels of malnutrition that the MSF hosptial in the village of Marere has to move patients into nearby tents…
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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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No way in. The Biggest Refugee Camp in the World is Full
Thirty-thousand men, women and children are stranded in the desert of northeastern Kenya, in what has rapidly become a humanitarian emergency. Fleeing violence and conflict, the refugees have abandoned their…
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MSF is denied access to drought-affected areas
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says that in April, after weeks of negotiations, it was blocked by the local authorities from conducting emergency medical activities in Buurhakaba district in the Bay…
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Tunisia: Refugees fleeing Libya: No safe place to go
As violence escalates in a refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed about the situation of refugees stranded in temporary camps and exposed to violence.
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Libya: MSF Intervenes in a Misrata Hospital
A 12-person MSF team is working in Kasr Ahmed hospital, in the besieged village of Misrata, setting up medical and surgical activities and providing support to the Al Hikma hospital….
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Revolutionary Advance in Severe Malaria Treatment
Using Artesunate Instead Of Quinine Could Save 200,000 Lives Annually New MSF report calls on African governments, WHO and donors to urgently make the switch Geneva, 19 April 2011 –…
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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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Ivory Coast : Alarming numbers of new wounded in the west
The situation remains extremely tense and violent in and around several cities in western Ivory Coast. MSF calls for the violence against civilians to end.
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MEDIA ALERT: MSF IS NOT PULLING OUT OF SOMALIA
MSF has indeed temporarily suspended operations in Medina, Mogadishu, after two grenade attacks on its compound in Wadajir district this March, but continues to operate in 8 regions of south central Somalia. The organization is working towards restoring its operations in Medina and calls on all groups in Somalia to respect its humanitarian mandate, health facilities and staff.
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Somalia. MSF suspends operations in Medina area, Mogadishu, following direct attacks on its compound
Following two consecutive grenade attacks on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) compound in Medina, Mogadishu, MSF has taken the decision to suspend its medical operations in the area for an indefinite…
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TB Patients testimonies from MSF’s Galcayo Hospital
Since 2005, Médecins Sans Frontières, the international emergency medical organisation, has been treating patients with tuberculosis in 6 hospitals and centres throughout Somalia. In 2010 alone, MSF treated over 699 Somalis infected with the disease in the two hospitals it runs in Galcayo South and Galcayo North, and another 151 elsewhere in the country.
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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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Libya: MSF calls for unhindered access to medical care
As conflict intensifies inside Libya, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned with the situation of the wounded caught in the middle of violent clashes.
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Somalia: New Offensive Causes Scores of Casualties
Amidst fierce fighting in and around Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, dozens of severely wounded people are being treated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams. Since a joint Transitional…
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Over 1,500 children treated in new MSF health facility in Mogadishu
Since January 31st, the medical humanitarian NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated 1,528 children, 62 per cent of whom are under five, in its new health facility in Dharkenley district. Among them, 234 children were admitted to the nutrition programme, and 700 were vaccinated.
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Responding to influxes of Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya.
Just across the Somali border in northeast Kenya lies the town of Dadaab, home to what the United Nations has called the world’s largest refugee camp. There are actually three camps around Dadaab. Named Dagahaley, Ifo and Hagadera, they are a mass of shelters that are made of twigs, reeds and scraps and that serve as home to around 300,000 people.
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for the freedom of movement of its medical staff in Somalia to be respected
supervisors at Dinsor hospital, in Somalia, were prevented from leaving the town by representatives of Al Shabaab. The MSF supervisors were due to attend a technical medical training workshop in Nairobi.
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Having escaped the war, Somali refugees wait for a space in Kenya’s overcrowded refugee camps
Somali refugees, fleeing the fighting in their own country, continue to arrive in Dadaab, across the Kenyan border. The three vast refugee camps there are already too overcrowded to house…
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Kenya: urgent humanitarian assistance required for Somali refugees living outside Dagahaley camp
At least 700 Somali families who fled the war in Somalia now face unacceptable living conditions in spontaneous settlements outside the overcrowded refugee camp of Dagahaley in Kenya. The rainy season having just started, their situation has become even more precarious
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A Day in Dadaab- Four Somali refugees tell their stories
Having escaped the war, Somali refugees wait for a space in Kenya’s overcrowded refugee camps Somali refugees, fleeing the fighting in their own country, continue to arrive in Dadaab, across…
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Tale of 3 delays in obstetric care in Somalia
Twenty one year old Hawa (fictitious name) has been in labour for 2 days in a rural nomadic village located on the outskirts of Gololey Town, Somalia. Hoping that she will deliver normally under the care of a traditional birth attendant, Hawa and her relatives decided not to seek help from a qualified health care attendant in the nearest health facility.
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In Hargeisa’s Shadaha camp, life flourishes amidst hardship
Fardows Abu-Bakr, 34, recently gave birth to healthy triplets in Hargeisa, Somaliland. She named then Sudais, Su’ad and Sadiyo.
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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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Handling Complicated Births in Remote Wardher, Ethiopia – A Midwife’s Story
One night, I was woken up by a call from the clinic. A woman had gone into labour and was experiencing complications. The birth had come to a standstill and in the time that it took me to reach the delivery room, nothing had changed.
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EUROPE! Hands Off Our Medicine
Millions of people in developing countries rely on affordable generic medicines produced in countries like India to stay alive. But the European Commission is pushing aggressive policies that will severely…
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Increasing challenges to delivering healthcare in Somalia put patients’ lives at risk
MSF is responding to increased medical needs throughout Somalia, most notably in Mogadishu, where there has been an alarming rise in the number of war-wounded, and in the Lower Juba Valley, where the number of children suffering from malnutrition has been steadily climbing. However, providing medical care is becoming increasingly difficult, particularly in southern Somalia, where restrictions have been placed on receiving medical supplies and, in one case, supplies have been taken.
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CASUALTIES OVERWHELMING MEDICAL CAPACITY
Ongoing Warfare in Mogadishu Straining Ability to Treat Scores of Wounded September 24, 2010 Intense combat on September 23 in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has overloaded a Doctors Without…
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MSF closes its medical project in the Hawa Abdi area and reaffirms its commitment to support the Somali population.
MSF teams closed their medical project in Somalia’s Hawa Abdi area, on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, in early September, marking the end of the collaboration between Dr Hawa…
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Pakistan: MSF Increases Flood Response, Still More to Be Done
More than four weeks since its first response to the floods that overwhelmed Pakistan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to scale up its activities in the flood-affected areas
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‘Our Health Clinic is the Closest Place to Go’ – MSF in Imey
Separated by a river, which means staff have to transfer patients between centres on a little boat, the two health clinics provide regular outpatient consultations to more than 2000 patients per month. Services include ante and post natal care consultations for pregnant mothers, and those who have recently delivered.
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Amid Intense Fighting in Mogadishu, MSF Treats 170 Wounded between in Seven days
Mogadishu’s wounded continued to be brought to Daynile Hospital as intense fighting in Somalia’s capital continue. With intense fighting raging in Mogadishu, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams…
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Somalia has some of the worst health indicators in the world and tuberculosis is not an exception
Interview with Luis Neira, MSF medical coordinator for Somalia, about the new tuberculosis (TB) services the organisation has started providing in two rural areas of Middle Shabelle region, South Central…
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MSF launches bilingual website about its work assisting Somalis
Nairobi, 5 August 2010 – The international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is pleased to announce the launch of its bilingual English-Somali website, www.somali.msf.org. The site features the latest…
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Somalia: Civilians continue to bear brunt of Mogadishu warfare
A very high proportion of civilians, among them large numbers of women and young children, are bearing the brunt of ongoing extreme warfare in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, with many suffering…
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Haiti: Where your money went
Following the earthquake that devastated Haiti on the afternoon of 12th January 2010, MSF was overwhelmed by the generosity of people around the world who gave so generously to support…
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Mogadishu: 23 Women and Children Injured By Shelling
Nairobi/New York - As fierce fighting once again grips Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has admitted 42 people suffering from blast injuries to its hospital in the Daynile area…
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MSF Somalia 2009 booklet
MSF in Somalia In 2009, the Somali population continued to fall victim to indiscriminate violence, while severe drought plagued parts of the country. Millions of people urgently required health care,…
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Breathing Life into Maternal Healthcare in the Somali Region, Ethiopia
An account by MSF midwife Mali Ebrahami “The moment I saved the first child’s life in Wardher will always stay with me”… recounts Mali Ebrahami, an MSF midwife recently returned…
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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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MSF opens new TB Facilities in Middle Shabelle Region
On 5 June the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened new tuberculosis (TB) departments in two of its health centres in Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia. The departments will…
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Measles outbreak in Malawi: more than 2.5 million children vaccinated, and over 8000 patients in care
Since February, Malawi has faced its biggest measles epidemic in 13 years. Together with the country’s health authorities, MSF teams are providing care to measles patients and have launched vaccination…
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Amid vaccination campaign, MSF treats wounded in Guri-el
At the end of April MSF launched a vaccination campaign in Guri-el and its surroundings. So far teams have vaccinated 3,937 people against measles and 2,552 people against whooping cough.
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Flooding in Belet Weyne:MSF supports displaced people
The MSF teams who had been monitoring the situation were able to immediately respond with a distribution of plastic sheeting shipped from Mogadishu for the 1,500 households affected.
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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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With ongoing violent clash in Somalia, MSF calls for respect of the neutrality of medical facilities
A private dispute escalated into a violent clash in the area surrounding Hawa Abdi clinic in Somalia. This triggered the occupation of the medical premises. The armed group continues to be present in some parts of the clinic compound and a number of MSF non-medical staffs are still being detained.
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The Forgotten Camps of Dadaab
Hundreds of thousands of Somalis who fled fighting in their homeland are stranded in overcrowded refugee camps just over the border, in Kenya, where MSF has been offering medical and psychological care.
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Improving care for TB patients, Wardher, Somali region, Ethiopia
A Story for World TB Day… “Besides all the coughing I had a lot of pain on the right side of my ribs and I could not sleep in the…
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Medical care for Hargeisa’s most vulnerable people
Today, Suaad has come to the MSF clinic in Shadaha for the second time. The first time she came by herself, to check if MSF’s health services were really for…
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AFGHANISTAN: NATO Statement Endangers Patients
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today strongly objected to a recent statement by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in which he implied that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be the “soft power” component to military strategy.
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Papua New Guinea: MSF Completes Emergency Cholera Intervention
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has completed a seven month-long emergency cholera intervention in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea’s first cholera outbreak in 50 years started in Morobe province in…
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KENYA: A Day in Dadaab
MSF is still very concerned about the situation in one of the world’s most congested camp complex in Dadaab, in north-eastern Kenya. See video stories of some of the camps inhabitants.
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Sixty-six women and children injured by indiscriminate shelling, admitted to Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia
MSF calls on all belligerents, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the African Union Peacekeeping force (AMISOM) and opposition groups to take all measures to minimise the risk of civilian casualties through a full implementation of the principles of distinction and proportionality.
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Pakistan:MSF Shocked by Forced Evacuation of IDPs in Pakistan
Islamabad – International medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply shocked by the forced evacuation of approximately 7,000 displaced people from Munda in the Lower Dir district of…
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As MSF continues lifesaving activities in Somalia, Belet Weyne hospital is hit by mortar
As ongoing fighting in Hiraan and Galgadud regions of Somalia continues to take its toll on the civilian population, MSF continues to support two hospitals in Guri El and Belet Weyne where 111 wounded people were admitted between January 10 to 12.
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Despite clashes, MSF continues activities in the Galgaduud region of Somalia
“We have been able to continue our water supplying activities, and we hope to reach those who do not have access to water in Hinder and Dhusa Mareb,” said Kumar Chandiramani, MSF Somalia Head of Mission.
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MSF Laments Attack on Medical Students’ Graduation
MSF is deeply saddened by the recent attack during the graduation of medical students from Benadir University. Medical needs throughout Somalia are vast, and in many places made all the worse by high levels of violence and prolonged drought.
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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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Yemen: Razeh Hospital Hit by Rocket Fire
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for respect of health care facilities Sanaa, 20 October, 2009 — Two months into the war in Northern Yemen, one of the last functioning hospitals in…
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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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Malnutrition fact sheet
MSF nutrition programmes In 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams treated 250,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition in 116 programmes in 34 countries, primarily with nutrient dense ready-to-use foods,…
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Afghanistan: MSF Returns After Five Years
9 October, 2009 – After leaving Afghanistan five years ago Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started working again in the country’s capital, Kabul. The organization’s return this year was motivated…
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Women and children receive medical care in Daynile Hospital
The civilian population of Mogadishu is trapped by the conflict, and has paid a heavy toll in recent fighting in residential neighborhoods.
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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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Security incidents amidst large-scale humanitarian care by MSF in Somalia during first six months of 2009
Intense fighting among various armed groups claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians and displaced thousands more in Somalia in the first half of 2009.
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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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Measles treatment in Somalia requires an adapted response
As the conflict in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, reaches new heights, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still managing to curb the worst effects of an ongoing measles outbreak in neighbouring regions.
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Growing insecurity forces MSF to leave its largest health centre in Somalia
After nine years of providing health care for the population in Bakool region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reached the regrettable conclusion that we do not have sufficient security to continue our work.
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MSF treats victims of fighting in central Somalia
War-wounded treated in MSF-run hospital in Guri El in Galgaduud
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DRC: Attacks Prompt New Population Movements in North Kivu
People in the northern region of North Kivu province, in the east of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been fleeing violence since late January, when an offensive was…
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Northern Yemen: MSF Treats War Wounded in Razeh
Since May 5, fighting has occurred nearly every day in Razeh, northern Yemen. For now, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been able to continue working at the city hospital and…
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Two Abducted Médecins Sans Frontières Staff Released in Somalia
Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff, abducted on 19 April in the Bakool region of Somalia, were safely released today. “We are incredibly relieved that our colleagues are safe and…
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YEMEN:MSF Team Finds 35 Somali and Ethiopian Dead on Yemen Coast
Nairobi, 23 April, 2009 —A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile team found 35 Somalis and Ethiopians dead on the Yemen coast on the night of April 22. The dead were…
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Intense fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia – MSF treats 121 wounded in 24 hours
All the injuries were the result of blast or gunshot wounds. People suffered multiple injuries, predominantly wounds to the abdomen, chest and head. So far, eight patients have required immediate surgical intervention.
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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Gaza -Temporary Halt to Gaza Bombing a Paltry Response as Extreme Violence Victimizes Civilians
New York, 7 January, 2009 — The military offensive in the Gaza Strip is affecting civilians indiscriminately, while medical teams continue to face serious obstacles to providing assistance, the international…
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“MSF calls on combatants to respect medical facilities in Guri El (Somalia)”
This morning fighting broke out around the town of Guri El, in the Galagaduud region of Somalia. At around 10:00am local time three people were injured whilst in Guri El…
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Over One Hundred More Refugees Arrive by Sea to Yemen
Human smugglers from northern Somalia forced 114 people from a small fishing boat near the village of Al Qashaah on the southern coast of Yemen early this morning.
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Dangerous Migration: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees Risk Everything to Leave
Every year, thousands of Somalis and Ethiopians risk their lives crossing the Gulf of Aden to Yemen. Hoping to escape the conflict and extreme poverty in their own countries, these…
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India: MSF Assisting Flood Survivors in Bihar State
Dr. Binod Kumar consults patients displaced by the floods at an MSF clinic in Bihar state. Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been responding to massive flooding in northeast…
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29 bodies found on Yemen beach – MSF assists survivors of deadly sea crossing
Nairobi, 10 September 2008 – A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team found 8 dead bodies yesterday, September 9, on the beach of Wadi Al-BarakinYemen (30 kms east of Ahwar). These…
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HIV-AIDS: Affordability, Availability and Adaptability of AIDS Drugs in Developing Countries, An On-going Challenge
MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines first published a report on AIDS drug prices in 2001, in response to the lack of transparent information available for treatment providers to…
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MSF SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE VIOLENT CONDITIONS FACED BY THOUSANDS OF SOMALIS AND ETHIOPIANS CROSSING THE GULF OF ADEN
On the occasion of the presentation of its report “No Choice”, MSF calls for an increase in assistance to refugees and migrants fleeing from war and hunger Nairobi, June 19,…
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NO CHOICE: Somali and Ethiopian Refugees, Asylum Seekers And Migrants Crossing The Gulf of Aden-YEMEN REPORT JUNE 2008
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Thousands of people risk their lives every year to cross the Gulf of Aden to escape from conflict, violence, drought and poverty. During 2007, almost 30,000 took the…
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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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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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Some MSF International Staff Return to Selected Locations in Somalia
Some international staff with the independent medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have resumed their humanitarian work in locations in Somalia.
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MSF worker wounded in Somalia
A car belonging to the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was attacked on March 12 around the town of Balcad in Somalia.
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MSF IS SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED BY ATTACK ON OUR TEAM IN SOMALIA
MSF is outraged by what appears to be an organised attack resulting in the killing of three colleagues
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Three MSF Aid Workers Killed in Serious Incident in Kismayo, Somalia
It is with great sadness that we confirm that this morning three staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed in the Somali town of Kismayo, not far from the…
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Dozens of Dead Discovered on Shores of Yemen
MSF teams find 56 deceased, treats nearly 50 survivors of dangerous sea crossing from Somalia Nairobi, December 17, 2007 – A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team assisting refugees and migrants…
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Hijack of an MSF rented vehicle in Somalia ends in a tragic death
The caretaker accompanying the patient on the journey was killed and the driver injured. The MSF staff member was unhurt. The driver has since received treatment and is in a good condition.
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