9-3 | As a long-term ceasefire was agreed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, injured Palestinians from weeks of violence in the West Bank are recovering in hospital.
8-14 | It has been nine months since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines and MSF started its intervention in the country. In Guiuan, where the typhoon first struck the low lying island chain, MSF has finished the construction of a semi-permanent hospital – the Transitional Felipe Abrigo Memorial Hospital - to replace the original of that name, which was smashed and flooded beyond repair. MSF swiftly set up a tented hospital in the compound right after the typhoon to cover the urgent medical needs.
5-29 | Vaccine should be used to help control and prevent deadly outbreaks An oral cholera vaccine protected individuals by 86 percent during a recent outbreak in Guinea, according to a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study to be published tomorrow. The study, conducted by Epicentre, research arm of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Guinean Ministry of Health, is the first to show that this particular oral cholera vaccine provides protection very quickly, and lends support to its use in control of future ou
5-27 | More than 315 cholera cases have been recorded in South Sudan since the Ministry of Health (MoH) officially declared an outbreak in the capital, Juba, on 15 May 2014. In other locations around the country there have been suspected cases that are awaiting laboratory confirmation. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) immediately responded, organizing multiple donations of essential supplies to support MoH health facilities.
5-9 | In the six months since Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) hit the Philippines, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have provided care for emergency and everyday health problems in hospitals and mobile clinics, delivered clean water and helped to repair sewerage systems and health centres in some of the worst affected areas. As the recovery effort has continued, MSF has withdrawn from areas where its assistance is no longer needed, and stayed on in places where the health system has yet to recover. &n