While shopping with her mother at a nearby market this 20-month-old toddler was struck by shrapnel after a bomb-blast tore through the neighbourhood. Along with other casualties the unnamed girl was brought to the Bashair Training Hospital in South Khartoum. During the Xray a part of the girls skull cap fell onto the table. An MSF emergency team operated on the girl and managed to save her life.
MSF mobile medical teams provide primary healthcare and medications for internally displaced people stranded in Ramlet al Bayda, along Beirut's shores as collective shelters across the country report reaching full capacity.
Palestine, Khan Younis, south Gaza, April 23, 2024. Photograph taken inside Nasser Hospital, after a siege by the Israeli forces. At the end of January, the Israeli forces issued evacuation orders for the entire area and surrounded the hospital, which found itself at the centre of intense fighting for several weeks.
Anhar Hassan Mohammed Omar, 29 years old, lives in the Jir South neighborhood of Nyala. She faced many challenges, including not having enough money to reach the hospital. She worked 16-hour shifts continuously to cover the costs of treatment and nutrition from the beginning of her pregnancy until her ninth month. She arrived at Nyala Teaching Hospital, underwent a C-section, and received all the necessary medical services. She mentioned that many pregnant women in this critical period lack proper healthcare and expressed her deep gratitude to all the staff.
The mpox epidemic is increasingly affecting people displaced by armed conflict in Goma, North Kivu. MSF has deployed its teams of health promoters (HP) to raise awareness of the behaviour to adopt to avoid contamination. Communities are urged to bring any suspected cases to the health centre as a matter of urgency, and to avoid discriminating against contaminated people.
On 12 May MSF succeeded to bring in fresh supplies from El-Fasher, North Darfur to MSF supported Rokero hospital. Many people were present and welcomed the trucks, and men and women from Rokero town helped the MSF and hospital teams to unload the supplies.
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