MSFPaediatrics

Médecins Sans Frontières conference focused on neonatal, paediatric & adolescent medicine in tropical, humanitarian, emergencies and resource-limited settings.

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Discover what MSF learned implementing paediatric physiotherapy for severely malnourished children with medical complications in five inpatient therapeutic feeding centres in 2024, as we wrap up our virtual poster mini-series from the Paediatric Days.

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In our third virtual poster, see how newborn survival improved in rural Guatemala thanks to a neonatal home visitation program integrating ​digital health tools and ​centering Indigenous practices to overcome structural barriers to care.

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J Piper at @ZvitamboZim et al wanted to know how to measure school-age mental health and resilience in rural Zimbabwe, and tested child mental health and resilience scales to find out. See the promising results here.

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It’s a wrap! It’s been a thought-provoking two days of learning and sharing, cross-pollination and call to action, challenging each other to improve the health and wellbeing of children, newborns and mothers in humanitarian contexts. Catch up on demand at https://t.co/ScEw2UIXQH

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First in our two-day mini-series of virtual posters, find out how a community-integrated intervention in Malakal, South Sudan, overcame a lack of toys and limited space to assist severely malnourished children’s recovery through psychostimulation including play.

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Coming up, our third thematic session: Neonatal Care in Humanitarian Settings: Strengthening the Mother-Newborn Dyad. Midwives and nurses will take the lead on short-and-sharp presentations including from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Join us here: https://t.co/l7BV6jZzF8

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We’re honoured to start Day 2 of the Paediatric Days with keynote speaker HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, a global advocate for maternal and newborn health. Don’t miss her passionate address on supporting stronger and healthy mothers and children.
Join us: https://t.co/l7BV6k07uG

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We’re readying now for our second thematic session on protecting and supporting children’s mental and psychological health in the face of conflict and crisis. Join us for three presentations, including two from Jordan, and a deep-dive panel discussion.
🔗 https://t.co/l7BV6jZzF8

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Join our first session of Paediatric Days under the theme of child health in conflict: Prioritising Paediatric Trauma Care so that no child is left untreated. With four presentations, a film and a panel discussion, it’s a strong start on Day 1.

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Day 1 of the 7th MSF Paediatric Days is here! Keynote speaker Dr Meguerditch Terzian, CEO of MEHAD, draws on his decades of experience both within and beyond MSF to reflect on the impact of conflict on children and the humanitarian response.
Join here: https://t.co/l7BV6k07uG

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🌍 Today is #WorldChildrensDay

📣 This year it falls just ahead of @MSF #PaediatricDays2025 (24–25 Nov), where experts will focus on one of the most urgent issues in humanitarian paediatrics care.

🩺 Protecting children’s rights means ensuring access to compassionate, high-quality care - especially in conflict settings.

#ChildHealth #PaediatricTrauma #HumanitarianHealth #MSFsci

https://t.co/Snm2wX3PqE

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The upcoming MSF Paediatric Days conference addresses pressing challenges in humanitarian paediatrics and contributes to developing context-appropriate tools and solutions.

📅 Join us via livestream on 24-25 November.

🔗 Sign up: https://t.co/l7BV6jZzF8

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Children living in places where there is conflict are exposed to ongoing trauma during key development stages.
At our Paediatric Days next month, we'll discuss children’s #MentalHealth during conflict. There is no health without mental health.
Join us: https://t.co/l7BV6k07uG

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Since July 2024, the @MSF team in “People on the Move” project has been supporting young migrants in Agrigento, with medical care and psychological support. The majority of them arrive to Italy by crossing the deadly route of the Mediterranean, carrying heavy traumas.

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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 ⬇️

https://t.co/q5AAKW7rl1

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Registration for the 2025 MSF Paediatric Days is now open!

We look forward to welcoming clinicians, researchers, policymakers and students to learn and collaborate, connect with colleagues, and together improve humanitarian paediatric care. 

📅 24-25 November 2025 in Amman, Jordan & online.  
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/5oreoOqJGr

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🚨Safe care is a right, not a privilege — even in humanitarian crises.

🩺On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, MSF highlights the challenges & how safer systems can still protect patients, especially newborns and children

🔗Read more: https://t.co/MEG5wRPfnB

#WPSD2025 #PatientSafety #SafeCare #MSF

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⚠️@Epicentre_MSF & @MSF report:

🦠High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in children <5 with severe acute malnutrition in Niger.

🏥Hospital-acquired resistance highlights urgent need for:
- 🧼 WASH
- 💊 Antibiotic stewardship
- 🛡 Infection control

🔗https://t.co/2T1yMJdjUx

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📢New @BMJGH commentary by MSF:
Children in DRC faced highest mpox mortality—but were excluded from early vaccine access.
A stark example of regulatory, legal &amp; trial design gaps in outbreak response.
Read more: https://t.co/jfBfuIQxG9

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We opened the mother and child hospital in Taiz, Yemen, 10 years ago. In those 10 years of service, we treated:

👧 200,000 children in the emergency room
🤰 130,000 post-natal patients
🍚 13,000 children and babies for malnutrition

https://t.co/sEb5oJMFHQ