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South Sudan's hidden crises

MSF’s report South Sudan’s hidden crisis: how violence against civilians is devastating communities and preventing access to life saving healthcare in Jonglei contains harrowing accounts of civilians caught up in attacks on villages.
Report - 26 Nov 2012

Sexual and gender-based violence

Jonglei State, South Sudan’s epicenter of violence

uba - A report released today from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) highlights the devastating impact of violence on the lives and health of civilians in South Sudan’s Jonglei state.
Press Release - 26 Nov 2012

South Africa

MSF South Africa kicks of first annual fieldworker meeting

In November 2012, MSF South Africa hosted a two-day workshop with past and future fieldworkers where our fieldworkers shared experiences and debated humanitarian issues.

Fieldworkers Stories - 20 Nov 2012

Burundi

Drastic Maternal Mortality Reduction Possible

New research from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) projects in Kabezi, Burundi, and Bo, Sierra Leone, indicate that it is possible to achieve a rapid and substantial decrease in maternal deaths of up to 74 percent by providing access to emergency obstetric care.
Press Release - 19 Nov 2012

In Rutshuru hospital, emergency + intensive care + surgery

Cholera

Thousands flee as rebels advance on Goma

As a rebel advance reaches the outskirts of Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting leaving villages and displaced persons camps empty.
Press Release - 19 Nov 2012

Children playing games at their home in Zimbabwe

Activity Report

MSF Activity Report 2012: Zimbabwe

MSF in Zimbabwe Activity Report 2012.
Report - 18 Nov 2012

Time is running out Zamfara State: Lead poisoning crisis

On May 9th and 10th, 2012 Doctors without Borders (MSF), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health held an International Conference on Lead Poisoning, with a special focus on the Zamfara crisis, which brought together leading medical, environmental and mining experts, government policy makers, and traditional leadership.
Report - 14 Nov 2012