2014

With winter settling in in eastern Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is continuing its support to hospitals on both sides of the frontline, and expanding its psychological assistance to help people living in some of the hardest hit areas. Despite the signing of a ceasefire agreement on 5...
The call by UNAIDS to "close the gap" around access to HIV services will not be met unless the delivery of antiretroviral treatment (ARV) is radically reshaped into community-led approaches that adapt to the realities of those living with HIV, warns Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders...
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...
At the triage, there is a book for patient registration and it records all the important information including name, gender, age, and the most important column - the Ebola test result.
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that one of its international staff members, a Spanish national, has been evacuated from Mali to Spain as a precautionary measure following an exposure incident. The staff member, a Spanish national on assignment in Bamako, was...
In Sierra Leone, MSF is running two Ebola Case Management Centres – one in Bo and another in Kailahun – with over 1,400 staff. The Kailahun Ebola Case Management Centre was opened on 26 June 2014. To date MSF teams have admitted a more than 600 patients with confirmed Ebola, of whom 292 have...
Swift and coordinated action is of paramount importance in the days immediately after new cases are reported, the medical organisation says After a new case of Ebola was detected in the Malian capital, Bamako, on 11 November, Médécins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reinforced its...
In Ebola treatment center, most of the medical personnel are working in triage, suspected and confirmed area. As I have emergency triage experience, so it is natural that I am deployed to work in the triage.
 
In the absence of specific treatments for Ebola, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced today that it will host clinical trials in three Ebola treatment centres in West Africa. The separate trials, which are aimed at quickly...
"What is your coming mission?" My friend asked me.
"Ebola." I replied.
"What??!! Ebola!! Are you kidding?!" My friend asked me again. 
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