Medical humanitarian organisation, Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the auspices of the UNHCR, has been carried out with little transparency or consultation with...
In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges all parties inside Somalia, neighbouring countries and the international community to significantly improve the assistance to the Somali population in the region...
While more than 2000 Somalis cross the borders into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself the movement of people desperately seeking food and medical help is also taking unseen proportions. MSF teams in Somalia are dealing with fast-rising numbers of displaced...
“It’s only lunchtime and we’ve already admitted 151 children today.” MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! Dr Hussein Sheikh QASSIM works in the Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) hospital in...
Organisation Hopes for Further Expansion in Al-Shabaab Territory MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that...
MSF Niger study reinforces that high-quality nutritious foods should be a pillar in global fight against childhood mortality; G8 countries should ensure that appropriate foods reach vulnerable children Mortality rates were observed to be 50 percent lower among a large group of young children in the...
Despite the large-scale response to the nutritional crisis from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and many other organisations, tens of thousands of children suffered from malnutrition in Niger in 2010. In spite of better harvests, 2011 also looks set to be a critical year. Around a hundred years ago...
In 2010, a particularly devastating “hunger season” in Niger threatened the lives of hundreds of thousands of young children. The effective humanitarian response demonstrated just how far strategies to tackle malnutrition have improved in recent years. Five years ago, new strategies were introduced...
MSF teams in Niger are particularly on alert in the period between July and November. Malnourished children are at risk of contracting malaria and many who are already suffering from it become extremely vulnerable as a result of the combination. Malaria further reduces appetite among these children...
Top donor countries must end double standard of supplying nutritionally substandard foods to young children in malnutrition ‘hotspots’ The world’s top food aid donors, including the United States, Canada, Japan, and the European Union, continue to supply and finance nutritionally substandard foods...
