Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the region of Shabunda located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have provided medical care for 127 women who had been raped in the town of Kikamba after an attack by dozens of armed militia members. MSF offered medical assistance to the...
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, MSF alerts on the need for an emergency focus across all institutions involved in the response Sexual violence should be treated as a medical emergency. If we want the survivors to receive the comprehensive medical attention...
Emiliano LUCERO is Argentinian and has just returned from Mexico after working there for a year as a medical coordinator. In this interview, he talks about the challenges the organisation faces in the country and the populations we are assisting there: transmigrants travelling from Central America...
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Alice ECHUMBE has shared her experience in Democratic Republic of Congo as the supervisor of Jamaa Letu Centre in Baraka South Kivu. In South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a hospital in the town of Baraka, along with three...
The international emergency medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided specialized care to 33 women raped on New Year’s Day in Fizi, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. The women were raped on the night of 1 January in Fizi town and surroundings in a...
