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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
    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
    Kenya: Urgent humanitarian response required now to address rising malnutrition cases
    Kenya
    Kenya: Urgent humanitarian response required now to address rising malnutrition cases
    In north-eastern parts of Kenya, an ongoing drought rages following three consecutive seasons of failed rains, making an already dire food insecurity ...
    Malnutrition
    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
    Lithuania: Repeated pushbacks at the border causing mental and physical suffering to people on the move
    Europe
    Lithuania: Repeated pushbacks at the border causing mental and physical suffering to people on the move
    Asylum seekers and migrants, including families with young children, are being subjected to repeated pushbacks between the borders of Lithuania and Be...
    Refugees
    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
    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
    Central Mediterranean: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
    Europe
    Central Mediterranean: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
    The team on board the Geo Barents have conducted five rescues in less than two days in extremely challenging conditions. Many among the survivors are ...
    Search and Rescue