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Funding cuts have left around 150,000 internally displaced people living in the Bentiu and Malakal camps in #SouthSudan. The lack of basic water, sanitation, and primary health services is increasingly exposing them to the risk of diseases: https://t.co/xbhsW6oGwB
Healthy people need a healthy planet 🌏
Climate change is not just an environmental issue. It is affecting people's health, and the response needs to match the scale of the problem: https://t.co/xf4MMqgeKf
In Gaza, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) uses 3D-printing technology to make specialised burn masks for patients who have suffered severe burns. But restrictions on essential medical supplies mean we can no longer provide this vital service.
The ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak highlights the urgent need for vaccines.
A new technical brief by MSF Access examines four vaccine candidates and what it will take to ensure effective vaccines reach the people who need them: https://t.co/0CfKKmheNu
For months, the de facto authorities in North Kivu, DRC, have been imposing harmful restrictions on access to care for victims and survivors of sexual violence.
Read more: https://t.co/CSJ8bKc0Wf
An airstrike has damaged a maternity ward in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, #Myanmar, killing five people, including a newborn.
Hospitals, patients and healthcare workers must be protected.
According to the UN, more than 230,000 people have been displaced by recent military offensives along #Yemen’s west coast.
For many, this is not the first time they have had to flee since the war began in 2015: https://t.co/1GQ3m6iNa4
In Gaza, children have endured things no child should ever have to experience.
Mental health needs in Gaza are enormous but the services and the spaces available for children to recover remain severely limited: https://t.co/w2gwAlpldY
On 24 Oct, a Russian drone struck civilian infrastructure in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. The strike occurred in an area less than one kilometre from a hospital supported by MSF.
MSF condemn attacks on civilian infrastructure: https://t.co/KdCcbRy9jH
While children face a higher risk of death from Ebola disease than adults, they also represent a significant proportion of those affected by the current Ebola disease outbreak in DRC.
Read the full story: https://t.co/sQmVZ2wgDZ
Civilians, including medical staff and patients in need of care, must be protected.
As conflict continues to rage across Rakhine State, #Myanmar, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reiterates its call for the protection of civilians. Read the full statement: https://t.co/gxtpXuY9lc
What will it take to end the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC)?
Stopping the spread of #Ebola disease requires multiple coordinated actions to be carried out at the same time. Focusing on just one area is not enough: https://t.co/F65gccX9fG
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemns all attacks against civilians and calls for the protection of Palestinian communities, patients and healthcare workers. Read the full statement: https://t.co/4C2butbPHo
Fighting in southern #Yemen is forcing families to leave their homes & increasing the need for medical care. MSF is working with local health authorities to keep healthcare services running & respond to growing medical needs.
Here are five things to know: https://t.co/J30EddC9oR
(1/2) Over three years of war have severely damaged Gaza's health system.
Repeated attacks, displacement, shortages and damage to essential infrastructure have made it increasingly difficult for people to access healthcare and for medical teams to provide it.
As #cholera outbreaks affect communities across #Chad, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health are working together to rapidly detect cases, provide timely treatment and bring care closer to those who need it.