11-21 | In Sierra Leone, MSF is running two Ebola Case Management Centres – one in Bo and another in Kailahun – with over 1,400 staff. The Kailahun Ebola Case Management Centre was opened on 26 June 2014.
8-1 | With the recent wave of fighting extending every day, MSF teams are currently responding to the needs of the population in several locations in Iraq. In Najaf governorate, in southern Iraq, MSF is monitoring the situation closely and preparing an emergency response for a potential influx of displaced people. Meanwhile, MSF continues to support to Al Zahaara Teaching Hospital, the main centre for obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatrics in Najaf, that attends around 25,000 births every year.
7-10 | MSF's hospital in Leer, South Sudan, was destroyed by unknown attackers four months ago. MSF project coordinator Sarah Maynard describes the devastation she witnessed on her return and the team's efforts to get medical services up and running again. "I'd been working in Leer hospital since September. The place was always busy, with hundreds of patients, caretakers and visitors every day. Some 270,000 people depended on us for medical care. We had the only surgical facility in southern Unity state.
7-9 | Since December 2013, Central African Republic (CAR) has been torn apart by a conflict with increasingly religious overtones. The escalating violence and displacement have made an already catastrophic health situation even worse. Central Africans are facing food insecurity and spiralling malaria, while the economy and public health system are grinding to a halt.
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As host to both AIDS conference and TPP trade talks this month, Malaysia reportedly vows to reject a TPP trade agreement that harms access to medicines; other countries should follow suit, and Malaysia should be held to its pledge
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