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Ethiopia

“MSF brought out the real reason why I chose to become a medic”

Stella Nthiga, a registered nurse from Kenya, shares her motivations for doing humanitarian work
 Fieldworkers Stories - 16 Jun 2017
 

Iraq: Mental health needs mount after years of war 

Iraq’s recent history has been dominated by wars. Generations of Iraqis have grown up in shattered families, living in camps or amongst the rubble of their hometowns. Each conflict has left its scars, both visible and invisible. In Amriyat Al Fallujah camp where more than 50,000 people live, MSF teams treat patients with physical and mental wounds.
 - 15 Jun 2017
 
Cancer

Coalition welcomes landmark Competition Commission probe into prices of cancer medicines

Press Release - 14 Jun 2017
 
HIV/Aids

South Africa: A new chapter for school-based sexual and reproductive health services is needed

MSF is calling on the Provincial Departments of Education and School Governing Bodies to overcome the longstanding barriers of the past and move positively into the future by implementing the learner health policy.
 Press Release - 13 Jun 2017
 

Syria: Raqqa’s residents face a deadly choice - Airstrikes or minefields

Press Release - 12 Jun 2017
 

Ivory Coast: "He's a survivor"

Many women and newborns die during childbirth or soon after. The causes in the women include severe haemorrhage and eclampsia; for the babies, infection and low birth weight.
 Latest News - 12 Jun 2017
 
Iraq

The MUST - Mobile Unit Surgical Trailer

The Mobile Unit Surgical Trailer (MUST) is essentially made up of shipping containers on wheels. In Iraq, the MUST contained a theatre, recovery room, and sterilisation unit. It’s built in a standard size and arrives just as it is.
 Videos and Photos - 12 Jun 2017
 

Fezile Kanju: "What we consider work is actually life-changing to the people we treat”

A South African advocacy manager Fezile Kanju, met health groups and academics in Pakistan to discuss ways to tackle the hepatitis C virus.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 9 Jun 2017
 
Measles

The Central African Republic falls back into war

With more than a hundred dead and thousands displaced. MSF, with its emergency team, has been supporting the hospital and the local health center for two weeks in the Central African Republic.
 - 9 Jun 2017
 
Malnutrition

Iraq: “By the end, we were eating grass”

Two families recently escaped West Mosul, where Coalition-backed Iraqi forces are battling Islamic State militants. They and their families tell Francesco Segoni, MSF project coordinator in East Mosul, about the challenges of surviving under siege.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 9 Jun 2017