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DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

👋 Meet Helina Tsegaye! She is a counsellor with us in Tigray, Ethiopia. Helina shares an important message for #WorldMentalHealthDay: “Mental health care saves lives.”

Read about her work supporting people who are living with trauma from conflict ⬇️

https://msf.me/Tigray-mental-care

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

We’re concluding our response to sexual violence in Salamabila, Maniema province, Democratic Republic of Congo. We consider the objectives of the project achieved:

“We wanted to ensure that more women dared to seek care, and that is a victory…”

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

As less people are crossing the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama, we have now concluded our activities in Panama.

Learn how we supported and treated people who experienced violence while migrating ⬇️

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

People and the health system are trapped in escalating violence in Haiti | MSF

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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim @intlpresident.msf.org · 1d

@msf.org is sharing shocking statistics about the need for trauma care in Port-au-Prince, Haiti – not a new feature since I was there in 2010 but staggering in scale today.

Between Jan and June, our teams assisted 2,600 survivors of sexual violence:

Our teams in Haiti continue to treat victims and survivors of violence, while the health system struggles to cope with people's needs.

DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 1d

After 7 years of continuous care, we're finishing our project for victims and survivors of sexual violence in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The model of care we developed for the area is effective, and “must not disappear with [our] departure.”

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

MSF concludes work in Reynosa and Matamoros after eight years of care for migrants | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

We began our project in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros in 2017 to respond to the poor living conditions and great health needs of people stranded in northern Mexico.

After 8 years of this work, we have finished this project:

We have concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, due to a decrease in people attempting to migrate north.

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

In the nearly 4 years we provided care to migrants in Panama, our teams conducted over 163,000 outpatient consultations and treated 1,900+ survivors and victims of sexual violence.

We have now concluded our activities in Panama:

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

DRC: Organisations must continue response on sexual violence emergency in Maniema | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

Since 2019, we treated 16,000+ victims and survivors of sexual violence in the Salamabila region of Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo. Our project is ending this month, and we are urging that survivors have continuity of holistic care:

As we come to the planned end of our response to sexual violence in Maniema, DRC, we are urging the authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners to ensure continuity of care.

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 2d

We’ve concluded our work in Bombali, Sierra Leone, after 5 years of providing care for tuberculosis. Between 2020 and 2025, we:

🔬 tested 30,800+ people for tuberculosis, and
💊 treated 8,500+ people for the disease

We have concluded our work in Tonkolili and Bombali, after years of providing care to newborns and mothers, as well as people with tuberculosis.

MSF concludes work in Reynosa and Matamoros after eight years of care for migrants | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

We've concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, after 8 years of providing care.

Our teams continue to work elsewhere in Mexico:

We have concluded our project for migrants in the cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, in Mexico, due to a decrease in people attempting to migrate north.

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

We’ve concluded our work in Tonkolili, Sierra Leone, after almost a decade of providing care. Since 2016, we:

👶 supported in delivering 34,000+ babies
🦟 treated 373,000+ cases of malaria

Read about the projects:

We have concluded our work in Tonkolili and Bombali, after years of providing care to newborns and mothers, as well as people with tuberculosis.

MSF concludes activities for migrants in Panama | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 3d

After almost 4 years of providing medical care to migrants in Panama, we have concluded our activities in the country following a significant decrease of people crossing the Darién jungle.

Read about the closure:

After almost four years in Panama, we have ended activities in the country following a decrease in migration flows.

MSF concludes years of medical support in Tonkolili and Bombali | MSF

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Dr Javid Abdelmoneim @intlpresident.msf.org · 4d

The progress made by the Global Fund in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria is under threat because of funding cuts.

The UK, Canada, US, and Germany, need to act now and pledge to fund their lifesaving work around the world. Tag your elected representative.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 4d

After almost a decade of supporting essential services, we have concluded our projects in Tonkolili and Bombali districts in Sierra Leone ⬇️

We have concluded our work in Tonkolili and Bombali, after years of providing care to newborns and mothers, as well as people with tuberculosis.

People and the health system are trapped in escalating violence in Haiti | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, people are exposed to danger every day, as conflict between armed groups and police forces escalates. Our team sees this in the number of people coming to our facilities in need of treatment for violence-related injuries:

Our teams in Haiti continue to treat victims and survivors of violence, while the health system struggles to cope with people's needs.

People and the health system are trapped in escalating violence in Haiti | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

Get to know Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, @intlpresident.msf.org, our new International President 👇

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 5d

At our facilities across Port-au-Prince, Haiti, we treated 2,000+ victims of violence, on top of assisting another 2,000+ victims and survivors of sexual violence, between January and June.

Civilians must be spared from escalating violence in the city:

Our teams in Haiti continue to treat victims and survivors of violence, while the health system struggles to cope with people's needs.

Eastern Ukraine: Displaced people struggle in overcrowded shelters | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

Claire Magone talks to us from outside Nasser hospital, in the south of Gaza, which, like other health facilities in the Strip, is entirely overwhelmed by the medical needs of people who are facing a daily onslaught of violence.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

“Two bombs fell on my house. Everything was filled with smoke.”

In eastern Ukraine, our teams are visiting transit centres for people who have been displaced from the frontline, providing medical care and hearing stories about fleeing:

MSF teams are running mobile clinics for people who have been newly displaced by intensifying fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Burundi: Children receive triple protection against malaria in Cibitoke | MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 6d

“Attacking Kunduz trauma centre is a wound that is not going to end.’’

10 years ago, US airstrikes destroyed our trauma centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Dr Mohamed Poya and Faizullah Alokaza will never forget that day.

They reflect on what we lost and rebuilt in the aftermath:

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 7d

We’re using a triple protection approach to prevent malaria in children under five in Cibitoke, Burundi. We're providing:

💉 Vaccines
💊 Malaria prevention tablets
🦟 Treated mosquito nets

17,000+ children are being covered by the programme ⬇️

MSF's innovative triple protection approach to malaria prevention in Cibitoke, Burundi, yields promising results.

Eastern Ukraine: Displaced people struggle in overcrowded shelters | MSF

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 7d

People are fleeing from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, reaching overcrowded transit centres and in need of medical care.

Learn how our teams are providing care at these centres ⬇️

MSF teams are running mobile clinics for people who have been newly displaced by intensifying fighting in eastern Ukraine.