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Drone strikes around Tiné, #Chad have intensified, with almost daily incidents reported.
Our teams near the #Sudan border are treating repeated influxes of patients, including an increasing number of women and children.
Ahmed Abd-elrahman, our Director of Operations, updates:
“We need to adapt our approach almost daily to keep pace with the level of care needed,” shares Anthony Kergosien, our Emergency Coordinator.
MSF is working to increase bed capacity at Elykia hospital in #DRC after it reached full capacity amid the #Ebola disease outbreak.
What happens when a patient is admitted to an #Ebola disease treatment centre? Dr. Tathy Modjaka Nzoko, our Medical Activities Manager in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, explains:
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#Ebola: To help protect health workers, MSF is training staff before they begin work in affected areas in #DRC.
Watch Armand Sprecher, our Emergency Physician and Epidemiologist, explain why protective equipment and community trust are critical to the response:
“I refuse to stop caring. I know in this moment of global upheaval, the care and compassion I carry with me is anything but soft or gentle.”
Add your name with health workers who refuse to surrender to fear: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/hopeisradica...
"It's only the third #Ebola disease outbreak caused by this virus and because it's so rare, we just don't know so much about it," MSF Epidemiologist Eve Robinson in #DRC shares on the challenges in responding.
Watch the full interview with CBCNews: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
“Hope is active, and there are things we can all do, even small things, to work towards change,” declares Courtney Allain on how she refuels her radical hope.
Across the country, Canadians are coming together to declare their hope is radical.
Is yours? www.hopeisradical.ca
#Gaza: The headlines about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation may have faded, but for many survivors, the consequences of lasting injuries remain:
Between 20,000 and 50,000 people are stuck in limbo in Tapachula, #Mexico, including Haitian migrants who fled violence in their country.
Many have been waiting in harsh conditions, without work or access to basic services.
Read our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/mexico-haiti...
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#Haiti: On June 1, MSF resumed operations at our Cité Soleil hospital, including the emergency department, after a three-week pause due to violence.
Our teams continue to assess security risks before resuming other activities.
Read more on our response: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/haiti-msf-ho...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not the first, but a new strain, lack of tools and war are making it worse. For The National, CBC’s Eli Glasner talks to doctors on th...
