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Sierra Leone

Taking the wheel: Local nurse heads up ambulance fleet in Sierra Leone

MSF fieldworker and nurse, Chenai Mathabire, began working for MSF in her hometown of Harare. In May, she arrived back from her second international MSF assignment in Bo, Sierra Leone where she’s helped manage MSF’s ambulance service.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
 
HIV/Aids

Where are they now? Tygerberg paediatrician Dr Lisa Frigati

In the first instalment of a new feature, entitled "Where are they now?" MSF SA profiles former MSF fieldworker and Tygerberg Hospital paediatrician Dr Lisa Frigati to see what life holds for her after working with MSF.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
 
Syrian Refugees in Zaatari camp
Jordan

Syrian refugees in Jordan: The limits of assistance

Nearly half a million Syrians are now refugees in Jordan, making up a third of the 1.5 million people who have fled the conflict in Syria to neighboring countries. More than 100,000 of them live in Zaatari camp, situated in the North of the country, less than 20 km from the Syrian border. Up until last month, one thousand refugees continued to arrive daily at the camp, which has become the largest camp for Syrian refugees in the region.
 Press Release - 30 May 2013
 
Humanitarian emergency in Rakhine state, Myanmar
Access to Healthcare

Government restrictions severely impacting access to healthcare in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Press Release - 28 May 2013
 
South Sudan

South Sudan: MSF hospital destroyed after deliberate attack; 100,000 left without healthcare

Press Release - 17 May 2013
 
HIV/Aids

Kenya: New Kibera clinic increases access to free comprehensive care for most vulnerable

MSF marks clinic inauguration by hosting Urban Survivors photo exhibition
 Press Release - 16 May 2013
 
MSF intervention after floods in and around Jacobabad, Pakistan,
Bombing

MSF concerned for population safety as blasts rip Pakistan

Over the past four days MSF teams working in health facilities in Hangu, Kurram Agency and Lower Dir, together with Ministry of Health (MoH) staff have treated over 110 blast victims injured in election related violence.
 Press Release - 9 May 2013
 
DRC, Gety - Primary and secondary health care for local and displaced population
Violence

Renewed violence hits Pinga in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release - 2 May 2013
 
Emergency Surgical Unit, Aden
Dengue Fever

Yemen: More than 1,600 migrants released from smugglers, some of them victims of torture

Sana’a  – Yemeni authorities freed 1620 migrants held by smugglers on farms – some of them for months – in Haradh region (north of the country) since 7 April.  MSF assisted these migrants – including 62 children and 142 women and treatment of  71 severely ill people at the MSF-run hospital in Al-Mazraq village, close to Haradh town.
 Press Release - 2 May 2013
 
Tissi refugee site
Malnutrition

CHAD: MSF is calling for refugees to receive humanitarian assistance following clashes in Darfur

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling for the refugees to receive humanitarian assistance and must have their needs met regardless of where they are located especially during the rainy season.
 Press Release - 26 Apr 2013