Mounted emergency response in Ukraine
Following violent clashes between anti-government protestors and police in mid-February, MSF sent an emergency team to support a health facility. It is also providing mental health support and making donations to other health structures. 
 
Responded to Ebola epidemics in Guinea
An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever was declared in southern Guinea in March. As of early April there were 122 confirmed cases and 78 deaths. MSF set up isolation units in affected areas and traced all contacts of patients to break the chain of transmission of the virus.
 
Opened a Malnutrition Intensive Care Unit (MICU) in India 
The facility started work in early March, jointly operated by MSF and the Ministry of Health to treat the most complicated cases of severe acute malnutrition in children in Bihar. The MICU is the first of its kind in India. 
 
Started preventing Chagas in Mexico
Medical teams started providing Chagas disease diagnosis and treatment to the populations in Oaxaca state, including technical support and training to medical staff and implementation of a vector control programme to eradicate the insect carrying the disease in intervention area.
 

 

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