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MSF focus on mental health

WebMental health conditions are very common. In Australia, a 2022 report stated that two in five (44 per cent, or 8.6 million) Australians aged 16-85 years experienced a mental disorder …

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Confronting the hidden mortality of unsafe abortion

WebSafe abortion care is recognised as a medical necessity, established as part of the package of sexual and reproductive health that is considered worldwide to be beneficial to …

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Zambia: MSF responds to a surge in cholera amid …

WebFollowing a drastic increase in cases in January 2024, MSF sent emergency teams to support the Zambian Ministry of Health in a major response against a cholera outbreak, …

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease)

WebOur COVID-19 Mission Statement. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Roughly 80 per cent of confirmed cases of …

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Unsafe Abortion: A Forgotten Emergency

WebUnsafe abortion still accounts for at least one in 12 maternal deaths globally. And, compared to reductions in all the other direct causes of maternal deaths since 1990—severe …

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People in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options

Web“These systematic attacks against health care are unacceptable and must end now so that the wounded can get the care they need. The entire health system has …

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Kiribati: Where planetary and public health collide

WebMédecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officially launched medical activities in the equatorial Pacific island nation of Kiribati in October …

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South Sudan: Mental health is still a fight

WebMSF mental health teams work closely with community leaders from surrounding villages, especially when it comes to sexual and gender base violence (SGBV) survivors.MSF has …

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Médecins Sans Frontières Australia

WebMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from …

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Refugees, IDPs, and undocumented immigrants Médecins Sans …

WebSince its foundation in 1971, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been assisting people who have been forced to flee at many points of their journey. …

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Annual Impact Report 2021

WebIn 2021, with your support, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) worked beside people in need and among disease outbreaks, attacks on …

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20 years of assistance to people living with HIV in Myanmar

WebMyanmar, the poorest country in Southeast Asia, suffers from a severe lack of investment in its healthcare sector. The combination of lack of service delivery and funding, increased …

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Myanmar: If the hospitals are closed, where do people go

WebMyanmar is facing an acute humanitarian crisis since fighting escalated at the end of October 2023. The intensification of conflict has led to a lack of humanitarian …

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Stories & News Médecins Sans Frontières Australia Doctors …

WebNavigating mental health issues amid the seemingly never-ending war in Ukraine remains a challenge. More than two years on from the escalation of war, teams from Médecins …

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Australia's detention of refugees and asylum seekers

WebFor 11 months from November 2017 until October 2018, MSF provided free psychological and psychiatric treatment on Nauru to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as to …

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Fighting tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

WebPapua New Guinea (PNG) has one of the highest prevalence rates of tuberculosis in the world, with 30,000 new cases reported every year. The high prevalence is such that the …

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Mozambique: MSF responds to cholera outbreak in the aftermath …

WebThe cyclone affected some 1.2 million people in the country, 750,000 in Zambézia according to the United Nations reports.On 16 March, local authorities declared an outbreak of …

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Malnutrition in Kiribati 1Médecins Sans Frontières Australia

WebAt the request of Kiribati's Ministry of Health and Medical Services, MSF stepped in to support maternal and neonatal health on the main island of Tarawa, as well as on the …

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