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    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
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    An alarming situation is unfolding in southeast Madagascar, where malnutrition is on the rise in rural communities. People in the southeastern Ikongo ...
    Malnutrition
    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
    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
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Obtaining water for drinking, cooking and washing is an everyday struggle for people in Madagascar’s Great South. Periods of drought – extremely frequ...
    Climate emergency
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on February 5. According to the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC), the initial toll amount...
    Natural disasters
    Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
    Haiti
    Haiti: Earthquake survivors need continued care in the south
    September 8, 2021—The greatest number of deaths and injuries from Haiti’s August 14 earthquake occurred in the country’s southernmost region, the Sud ...
    Natural disasters
    Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
    Haiti
    Haiti: After the earthquake, a multitude of challenges for patients
    More than a week after an earthquake destroyed his home and fractured the bones of his leg, Widnika, age 2 years and 7 months, sleeps in a bed at the ...
    Natural disasters
    Surgery and trauma care