1984 Médecins Sans Frontières becomes the first medical humanitarian organisation to operate in all provinces of Mozambique during the armed conflict. 1993-2000 MSF supports post-conflict health system reconstruction, provides response to cholera epidemics and floods in Maputo, Gaza, and Limpopo in...
Professionals face logistic challenges in order to reach population affected by severe floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. “The situation is catastrophic. When we arrived and traveled through the region by helicopter, we were able to view the towns from above and noticed that in some cases we...
Last year witnessed three round vaccinations of hepatitis E, where MSF teams in collaboration with the health authorities in South Sudan had carried out a mass campaign in response to an outbreak, with a main objective in the fight against a disease that is especially fatal for pregnant women...
Two weeks after Storm Daniel caused devastating floods that engulfed Derna and killed thousands in a few hours, search and rescue operations are about to end and reconstruction is starting. The need for psychological relief is immense among Derna’s people. MSF has begun medical activities, focusing...
In Jonglei state, northeastern South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are rushing four critically ill patients by ambulance boat to the MSF hospital in Old Fangak. Among the people on the boat, Nya Sibet Mar is holding her two-year-old daughter, Nya Thor, who is suffering from severe...
MSF medical coordinator Manoelle Carton describes the situation in the Libyan cities of Derna and Susah, one week after the devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel. What is the situation in Derna one week after Storm Daniel? “In Derna, the situation is now quieter compared to the chaotic...
Manoelle Carton, MSF Medical Coordinator for Libya, describes the situation and MSF's ongoing assessment in Derna: "We arrived in Derna as MSF assessment medical team, we are medical and logistic, we are four. We arrive in Derna yesterday morning. The situation is still quite chaotic, with a lot of...
MSF is extremely saddened by the tragic news of the storm that hit eastern Libya and the high number of reported victims. We currently do not work in the areas of Libya affected by the floods. However, an emergency team composed of logistician and medical workers is being deployed to Derna and is...
In a parched landscape, an MSF tractor roars as it approaches a small village in Dentiuk, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. It is towing a trailer to which a creaking wooden canoe is strapped. “Are you sure we are in the right place?” asks the driver. “It might not look like it, but when the rains...
Major floods have hit central and southern Chad since mid-August, with the latest floods affecting the capital, N’Djamena, where rivers have burst their banks and whole neighbourhoods have been left underwater. Médecins Sans Frontières has launched an emergency response to address the most acute...
