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    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders is responding to earthquakes in Herat
    At 11:10 am local time on Saturday, October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan, followed by three subsequent aftershocks. As of ...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna
    Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Mental health
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders prepares for medical response in Derna
    As Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Libya begin medical activities in the cities of Derna and Susah one week after th...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    Libya
    Libya: Doctors Without Borders teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
    A Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has arrived on 13 September 2023 evening from Misrata to Tobruk, east Libya and is due...
    Natural disasters
    Emergency response
    Kenya: A day in an outreach activity - Triple burden of measles, malaria and malnutrition in a family
    Kenya
    Kenya: A day in an outreach activity - Triple burden of measles, malaria and malnutrition in a family
    Bringing life-saving medical services closer to the villages holds profound significance for those living far from healthcare facilities. In March 202...
    Measles
    Malaria
    Malnutrition
    Yemen: Not just numbers – an alarming rise of measles in the country
    Yemen
    Yemen: Not just numbers – an alarming rise of measles in the country
    Over the past three years there has been a substantial increase in the number of children admitted to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontièr...
    Measles
    Malnutrition
    War and conflict
    Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State
    Sudan
    Sudan: Fleeing conflict, hundreds of thousands face hardship and disease in overcrowded camps in White Nile State
    More than 140,000 people, mostly South Sudanese women and children fleeing from Khartoum, have newly arrived in White Nile state since conflict broke ...
    War and conflict
    Refugees
    Measles
    Malnutrition
    Burkina Faso: Severe humanitarian crisis for people living under blockade in Djibo
    Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso: Severe humanitarian crisis for people living under blockade in Djibo
    Burkina Faso is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has seen 1.99 million internally displaced people flee violence perpetrated by ...
    Malnutrition
    War and conflict
    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders alerts on unprecedented number of malnourished children to treat
    Nigeria
    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders alerts on unprecedented number of malnourished children to treat
    Unprecedented numbers of malnourished children in need of lifesaving treatment are being brought to therapeutic feeding centres run by the internation...
    Malnutrition