9-10 | MSF expands emergency medical programmes in responseMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expanded its emergency medical programmes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in response to increasing humanitarian needs in the region.
9-7 | An emergency team from MSF continues to battle an outbreak of Ebola in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in which 14 people have died.Two people are admitted to the hospital in Isiro, in DRC’s Orientale province, which is the epicentre of the outbreak. The fact that there have been new confirmed cases of Ebola over the past week suggests that the epidemic is far from over.“The last confirmed case was admitted to the treatment centre on 2 September,” says MSF emergency coordinator Olimpia DE LA ROSA.
8-28 | South Sudan: a humanitarian crisisUganda: Escaping conflict in KivuDemocratic Republic of Congo: Malaria outbreakBurkina Faso: malnutrition decreaseZimbabwe: HIV : from Washington to Harare
8-28 | South Sudan: a humanitarian crisisUganda: Escaping conflict in KivuDemocratic Republic of Congo: Malaria outbreakBurkina Faso: malnutrition decreaseZimbabwe: HIV : from Washington to Harare
8-24 | An emergency team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Isiro, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). MSF’s team is implementing safety measures at the Ebola treatment centre in Isiro to contain the virus.