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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
    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Urges Immediate Response to the Worsening Diphtheria Outbreak
    Nigeria
    Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Urges Immediate Response to the Worsening Diphtheria Outbreak
    [Abuja, September 18] – A serious diphtheria outbreak is tearing through Nigeria, where thousands of people have been infected and hundreds more have ...
    Infectious diseases
    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
    Somalia: Five facts on drought, malnutrition and disease Outbreaks In Baidoa
    Somalia
    Somalia: Five facts on drought, malnutrition and disease Outbreaks In Baidoa
    As Somalia approaches the fifth consecutive rainy season that is forecasted to fail, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)medical t...
    Malnutrition
    Infectious diseases
    War and conflict
    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Philippines
    World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
    Working closely with the Manila Health Department, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organizatio...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    Philippines
    The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
    While COVID-19 raised awareness of the risks of airborne disease in the general population, vulnerable populations - such as the urban poor - were exp...
    Tuberculosis (TB)
    Infectious diseases
    Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
    DR Congo
    Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
    Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was...
    Measles
    Infectious diseases