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    Measles in South Sudan: People escaping conflict in Sudan face new health crisis
    South Sudan
    Measles in South Sudan: People escaping conflict in Sudan face new health crisis
    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition cases in the organization’s...
    Measles
    War and conflict
    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and an escalating humanitarian crisis
    A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile River’s current, on it sits an entire family of...
    Natural disasters
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Mali
    The triple threat of climate change, conflict, and health emergencies: A deadly mix for the most vulnerable in fragile settings
    Geneva (MSF/ICRC) – Climate change is not a distant threat. It is already dramatically affecting vulnerable people across the globe. In particular, th...
    Climate emergency
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders partners with local NGO to launch mobile vaccination programme for homebound elderly
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders partners with local NGO to launch mobile vaccination programme for homebound elderly
    Mrs Chan Au Kwai Fan, in her 80s, has spent most of her years in Wong Tai Sin. She moved to the district after marrying her husband, Chan Choi Yip, an...
    COVID-19 vaccines
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Hong Kong: The elderly and vulnerable groups must not be isolated in any future outbreak response
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: The elderly and vulnerable groups must not be isolated in any future outbreak response
    Amidst the 5th wave of COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong, the magnitude and severity of the crisis left the elderly and vulnerable groups isolated and ...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders collaborates with local NGOs to support vulnerable groups during the Omicron wave
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong: Doctors Without Borders collaborates with local NGOs to support vulnerable groups during the Omicron wave
    With COVID-19 infections in Hong Kong hitting new highs, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has rapidly organised a project team...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 vaccines
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Hundreds of thousands still living in precarious conditions months after floods
    Eight months since the beginning of the flooding, people in Unity State in northern South Sudan are still facing precarious living conditions and are ...
    Natural disasters
    Malnutrition
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    South Sudan
    South Sudan: Severe floods and lacklustre humanitarian response leave people dangerously exposed in Bentiu
    People in Bentiu in northern South Sudan are facing outbreaks to infectious and waterborne diseases, increased food insecurity and malnutrition, due t...
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    South Sudan
    Malaria in South Sudan: Prevention is Key
    In South Sudan, malaria is the leading cause of death within the country and according to latest available data a total of4,064,662 cases were confirm...
    Malaria