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Summary Since the Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared on 8 May 2018, 60 people who presented symptoms of haemorrhagic fever, including 37 confirmed Ebola cases and 27 deaths (of whom 13 were confirmed as Ebola)*, have been notified by the national health authorities in the Equateur region, in the west of the country, where the outbreak started. 23 … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging European Member States to facilitate the immediate disembarkation of 629 people rescued over the weekend in the Mediterranean and now on board the Aquarius, a dedicated search and rescue vessel run by SOS MEDITERRANEE in partnership with MSF. Aquarius remains in international waters off Malta and Italy, … Read more
Name : Designation : Paul Jawor, an MSF water and sanitation expert, has just returned from Equateur province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Paul was working in and around the remote village of Iboko, where cases of Ebola have been confirmed. He explains the challenges MSF teams are facing on the frontline of … Read more
Kinshasa – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) yesterday started vaccinating Ebola frontline workers in Bikoro, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the organisation has been working with the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) over the past few weeks. This trial vaccination will also be offered to contacts of … Read more
During the evening of May 23, between 5 to 6 pm, more than one hundred refugees and migrants who had been kidnapped and held captive by human traffickers west of Bani Walid, Libya, managed to escape. They were shot at while attempting to flee, resulting in several casualties and 25 injured who were referred to … Read more
In the makeshift settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, many Rohingya women give birth in their tents, limiting their medical options in case something goes wrong. MSF’s new maternity ward in Kutupalong, which will be able to withstand extreme weather, offers private rooms for new mothers and their babies, who face an uncertain future in Bangladesh. … Read more
Since 14 May 2018, a new cycle of inter-community violence has taken hold in Bambari, a city in the Central African Republic that, in 2017, remained relatively stable while the rest of the country spiralled into increasingly fractured conflict. MSF’s surgery team, which supports the local hospital, cared for 17 wounded, two of whom unfortunately … Read more
Update: May 22, 2017 According to the Congolese Ministry of Health: 51 cases of hemorrhagic fever 28 cases confirmed as Ebola 26 people have died An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak, in the northeast of the country, has affected 44 people who have … Read more
MSF statement on violence on Gaza strip “What happened today is unacceptable and inhuman. The death toll provided this evening by Gaza health authorities in Palestine — 55 dead and 2271 wounded, including 1359 wounded with live ammunition—is staggering.It is unbearable to witness such a massive number of unarmed people being shot in such a … Read more
Since 2016, west Aleppo countryside, in northern Syria, has been one of the main destinations for internally displaced persons (IDPs) evacuated from besieged areas, including east Aleppo City, Homs, South Hama and, recently, East Ghouta. Tens of thousands of IDPs in the west Aleppo countryside live in a mix of formal and makeshift camps, without … Read more