10-13 | Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is horrified by the brutal mass killing of civilians perpetrated by Hamas, and by the massive attacks on Gaza now being pursued by Israel. MSF calls for an immediate cessation to the indiscriminate bloodshed, the establishment of safe spaces and safe passage for people to reach them as a matter of urgency. People must be afforded safe access to essential supplies like food and water and health facilities.
10-12 | First-person account by Léo Can
10-9 | MSF is preparing a medicine and medical consumables donation to hospitals and health facilities in Gaza today (8 Oct).“Health facilities need this equipment because of the many injured patients,” said Ayman Al-Djaroucha, MSF deputy coordinator in Gaza. “Hospitals are overcrowded with injured people, there is a shortage of drugs and consumables and a shortage of fuel for generators.”
9-25 | A serious diphtheria outbreak is tearing through Nigeria, where thousands of people have been infected and hundreds more have died. With low national vaccination coverage and a worldwide shortage of lifesaving antitoxin threatening to worsen the outbreak, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges the international community to immediately scale up support to improve treatment, preventive measures and contact tracing to control the outbreak’s spread.
9-1 | To combat a rapidly growing public health crisis in Honduras, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working closely with local communities and health authorities to prevent dengue and other viruses transmitted by mosquitoes.MSF, the Honduran Ministry of Health, the World Mosquito Program, and the National Autonomous University of Honduras are partnering with local communities to implement innovative public health strategies to reduce illness from arboviruses such as dengue, zika and chikungunya.