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    Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other
    Chad
    Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other
    In contexts of conflict and war around the world, women are fulfilling indispensable roles to address the healthcare needs of other women in their com...
    Refugees
    War and conflict
    Women’s health
    Haiti: Medical care severely affected by clashes in Cite Soleil
    Haiti
    Haiti: Medical care severely affected by clashes in Cite Soleil
    The neighborhoods of Cité Soleil, a commune in the Haitian capital, are once again caught up in a resurgence of violence between rival armed groups. D...
    War and conflict
    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
    HIV/AIDS in the DRC: Behind the progress, huge challenges remain
    DR Congo
    HIV/AIDS in the DRC: Behind the progress, huge challenges remain
    In 2002, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams opened the first outpatient treatment centre offering free care to people livi...
    HIV/AIDS
    Access to medicines
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders calls for an urgent intensification of efforts to fight against the cholera outbreak
    Haiti
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders calls for an urgent intensification of efforts to fight against the cholera outbreak
    The number of cholera cases is rising at an alarming rate in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, and in several departments (administrative areas) ...
    Cholera
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders responds to a resurgence of cholera cases in collaboration with the authorities
    Haiti
    Haiti: Doctors Without Borders responds to a resurgence of cholera cases in collaboration with the authorities
    Port-au-Prince- Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) joined the Haitian health authorities in the emergency response to treat pati...
    Cholera
    Doctors Without Borders exerts proactive efforts to address abusive behaviours
    DR Congo
    Doctors Without Borders exerts proactive efforts to address abusive behaviours
    In late 2020, a media investigation revealed multiple accounts of abuse from employees of organisations involved in the response to the 10th outbreak ...
    Ebola
    Haiti: A wave of violence in Port-au-Prince
    Haiti
    Haiti: A wave of violence in Port-au-Prince
    In the capital of Haiti, 96 people with gunshot wounds received by Doctors Without Borders in recent weeks.
    violen
    DRC: Doctors Without Borders condemns an attack against one of its vehicles and suspends its activities in Bambu, Ituri
    DR Congo
    DRC: Doctors Without Borders condemns an attack against one of its vehicles and suspends its activities in Bambu, Ituri
    On October 28, 2021, a team of five people from Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), travelled to the Bambu health district in It...
    War and conflict