1-10 | Two years ago, on March 22, 2021, a devastating fire swept through the world's largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It killed 15, injured 560, and left 45,000 people without shelter. The fire also destroyed the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Balukhali. However, just as day comes after night, good news follows the miserable ones.
12-20 | Three years into its campaign to have noma recognised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD), Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes the decision by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), to include noma in the WHO’s official list of NTDs.
12-12 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s western province of Equateur, the people in the Bolomba health zone have been affected by an Mpox outbreak over the past months. From the end of August to mid-October 2023, an MSF emergency team was on-site to help health authorities treat patients and combat the spread of the disease.
11-24 | Too little is being done to protect the most vulnerable people against the negative impacts of climate change, warns international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). World leaders gathering in Dubai for COP28 must take urgent measures to protect the health of the most affected communities.
8-28 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition cases in the organization’s facilities in South Sudan, particularly amongst returnees fleeing conflict from Sudan and host communities. MSF medical facilities in Upper Nile, Unity, Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Warrap states are receiving patients, especially children below five years old, suffering from measles and other critical conditions.