Thanks to your generosity, we can save more lives.
With your support, our medical teams will be able to save more lives around the world. Please support Doctors Without Borders today to help us provide humanitarian medical aid to people where the need is greatest.
The End of a Brave Fight
It is with great sadness we report the death of Giblotte Nodjindo.After a long and brave fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Giblotte sadly succumbed to her illness in July this year. Giblotte was an integral part of MSF’s TB&ME project, a blog which gives a voice to our TB patients. Read her final post.
This week, we’re excited to be sending you updates from the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington DC.
We’re kicking the conference off today with a satellite session on global innovation. This and other events will be webcast live athttp://aids2012.msf.org/.
Last day. Know what’s going on.
100,000 People Without Essential Health Care in North Darfur
MSF Forced to Suspend Lifesaving Medical Activities After Restrictions Imposed on Its Work
As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, MSF has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the Jebel Si region of North Darfur State in Sudan.
Increasing obstacles over the past year led to the suspension of MSF’s activities. No shipments of drugs or medical supplies have been authorized since September 2011, and MSF has encountered growing difficulties obtaining work and travel permits for its staff. Transport options to and from Jebel Si have also been drastically reduced. MSF has been the sole health provider in the region.
“With the reduction of our activities in Jebel Si, more than 100,000 people in the region are left entirely without health care,” said Alberto Cristina, MSF operational manager for Sudan. “If we are not allowed to deliver medicines and supplies to our hospital and health posts soon, disease outbreaks are likely to occur, and maternal and prenatal deaths are likely to increase and may even reach emergency levels.”
Photo: Mothers and children at an MSF facility in Jebel Si, where obstacles threaten MSF’s continued operation
Sudan 2012 © MSF
Afghanistan: MSF Opens Maternity Hospital in Khost
The international medical humanitarian organization MSF has opened a new maternity hospital in eastern Khost Province in Afghanistan, which will provide pregnant women in the region with desperately needed high-quality health care.
Decades of conflict have left Afghanistan with maternal and child mortality rates among the highest in the world. Most women, especially in rural areas, must resort to giving birth without skilled assistance and in unhealthy conditions, which puts their own lives and those of their children at significant risk.
Khost is one of Afghanistan’s most volatile provinces, where national and international military forces have engaged in intense fighting with armed opposition groups in recent years. The conflict has affected the ability of women to access adequate maternal health care.
Photo: Afghanistan 2011 © Peter Casaer
A child with diarrhea in the pediatric department at Boost Hospital in Helmand Province, where MSF has been working since 2009.
Before you burn your Fabregas jersey, check this out.
Old jerseys, jerseys you hate, kits of players you no longer like, kits you don’t use anymore, etc.
Check out the link. Your kits can go to young African football lovers who need jerseys and can sure use the ones you want to throw away.
Finally the drama’s over. Sorta pissed, but at the same time you have to respect a person’s right to play where he wants to. :/
Besides, Arsenal is more than just one player. We’re a team & we can be better.
(via -lostinafairytale)
"In this humanitarian emergency, MSF will continue to provide essential medical aid where the needs are greatest, and where we can be of most relevance and benefit to the population. Improving access to healthcare and improving its emergency response has to be a priority for this new country."
- Terri Morris, head of mission for MSF in South Sudan.
Read more. (via doctorswithoutborders)
Haiti: MSF Reorganizes Post-Earthquake Medical Services
Thirty-five seconds. That’s all it took for an earthquake to shatter the lives of millions of Haitians on January 12, 2010. Medical needs were immediate and massive. More than 300,000 people were injured and 1.5 million left homeless.
Then in October, a cholera epidemic struck, with 250,000 cases in the first five months. MSF treated almost half of these patients.
Today, the epidemic is resurgent and hurricane season is approaching. In response to the situation on the ground, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reorganizing its services in Haiti. The needs remain high. In many places where MSF works, medical care was insufficient even before disaster struck. Full story.
Amazing non-profit org I’d love to work for.
MSF medical staff treats a migrant after he survived a three-day boat journey from Libya.
Generally, new arrivals suffered from seasickness, dehydration, hypothermia, and generalized body pain, such as headaches or abdominal pain. At the peak of arrivals in March, 3,000 migrants slept on the docks in Lampedusa for several days, sharing 16 chemical toilets and having access to only 1.5 liters of water per day. This was completely unacceptable.
MSF Urgently Calls on Italian Authorities to Prepare For Influx
Photo: Italy 2011 © Mattia Insolera
(via doctorswithoutborders)
