MSF Frontline Reports - Somalia Alert
In this special edition, we focus on the deteriorating situation for civilians and medical workers in Mogadishu, Somalia. Somalia has been wracked by violence for nearly 16 years now. But the past months has seen some of the worst fighting ever in the capital, Mogadishu. Access to medical care and assistance for civilians and displaced persons in and around the war-ravaged Somali capital has decreased alarmingly in the past few months. Kris Torgeson has this report from Nairobi, Kenya, where MSF spoke out against the dire humanitarian situation in Mogadishu. Visit us at www.doctorswithoutborders.org or www.msf.org. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
MSF Frontline Reports - June 2009
At least 10 percent of the population in Bolivia is believed to be carrying the parasite for Chagas disease. Few people, including medical staff, are aware of its prevalence, but MSF is running a ground-breaking program there. Also hear how MSF is offering mental health care to those affected by continuing violence on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. And learn how MSF is providing health care in Balochistan province in Pakistan, where decades of insecurity has made medical services rare. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#84 Conditions Worsening in Ivory Coast
MSF is responding to the intensifying post-election violence. Insecurity due to the fighting and international sanctions on Ivory Coast have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and severely hindered access to essential services—including health care. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#90 Sudan: Thousands Displaced After Clashes in Abyei Region
People in Abyei live on the frontlines of an ongoing battle for control. New clashes that began on May 20 have pushed thousands from their homes and made them even more vulnerable to medical complications. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#92 Outside Humanitarian Spotlight, Central African Republic Is Dogged by Conflict
In Central African Republic, one million people are estimated to be affected by the ongoing violence. Particularly since 2008, families have been repeatedly displaced from their villages, forced to flee into the bush, where they remain trapped and unable to return to their homes, with little access any medical care. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - April 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#102 Fighting a Deadly Measles Outbreak Amid Insecurity in Somalia
Measles have hit the displaced population in and around Mogadishu especially hard. MSF teams are working to try to contain the disease despite significant challenges. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - November 11, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#101 Somalia: The Challenges of Providing Humanitarian Aid
MSF teams are running 13 medical-nutritional programs throughout south and central Somalia, but the intricacies of clan rivalries, the absence of an effective government, and general insecurity make it very difficult to reach the level of assistance that is needed. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - October 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#100 Giving the Right Foods in a Nutrition Crisis
In Turkana, northwestern Kenya, MSF is now able to distribute supplementary nutrient-rich food, which will prevent children from becoming malnourished. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - October 7, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#99 Children With HIV Need More Treatment Options; DNDi Aims To Help Fill The Void
Without proper treatment, half of the 370,000 children newly infected with HIV last year will die before they reach their second birthday. But very few medicines are designed and adapted specifically for children, and are affordable and practical to use in the places where they live. The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) recently announced a new project to help develop appropriate HIV drugs for children. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - September 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#98 DRC: Fighting A Cholera Epidemic
A cholera epidemic is sweeping down the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originating in the distant centre of the vast central African country it has now reached the capital, Kinshasa, more than 1,000 miles southwest. People are sick and dying and desperate for help. Robin Meldrum went to the town of Mbandaka, where an MSF emergency team is responding to the crisis. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - August 16, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#97 In Aweil Hospital, South Sudan, Focused On The Most At Risk
In the world's newest country, three out of four people have no access to basic health care. Women and children bear the brunt of this neglect: many women do not survive pregnancy or childbirth, and children die from preventable diseases and malnutrition. MSF is running 13 projects focused on these issues. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - August 2, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#96 Inside Somalia: MSF Malnutrition Ward Is "Beyond Full"
The effects of ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa region have intensified the situation in Somalia, already precarious due to 20 years of violent conflict: food prices have gone up, livestock are dying, and humanitarian aid in the country is scarce. MSF's Marere Hospital in southern Somalia is the only health facility in the area. A Somali nurse from Marere described the current crisis. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - July 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#95 In Helmand Province, Treating Diseases Before They Become Deadly
Gunshot wounds and bomb blasts are not the only life-threatening consequences of war in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. Diseases and conditions such as diarrhea and respiratory tract infections can go untreated and become deadly. In MSF's new outpatient department in Boost Hospital, staff are able to focus on these cases and the challenges they bring. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - July 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#94 In Former Soviet Bloc Prisons, Controlling TB Proves Challenging
In the former Soviet bloc country of Kyrgyzstan, MSF has been supporting TB care for prisoners since 2005. The aim is to reduce transmission of TB and treat those who have it. But working within the penitentiary system, which has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for the disease, presents some major challenges. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - July 8, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
#93 One of the Largest Refugee Camps in the World is Full And Hundreds More Arrive Every Day
Somali refugees escaping the conflict in their country continue to arrive en masse in Dadaab, Kenya. The three camps are now home to close to four times the number of people they were built for; collectively, they form one of the largest refugee camps in the word. And yet newly arrived families can no longer get inside. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - June 27, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts
