Africa: Saving Women's Lives - Progress Against Maternal Mortality
[MSF] On March 20, 2019, Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hosted a live webcast panel discussion with four experts on global women's health to discuss what progress we have achieved and what major challenges remain to reducing maternal mortality.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Tens of Thousands in Acute Need Following Clashes in Borno State
[MSF] Maiduguri, Nigeria/New York -An estimated 30,000 people are in acute need of shelter and other basic necessities in the northeastern Nigerian town of Monguno after fleeing fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling for a coordinated aid response ahead of the rainy season in May.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Libya: Providing Care to People Trapped in Detention Centres
[MSF] Jai Defranciscis, a nurse from Australia, recently returned from an assignment as Nursing Activity Manager in Misrata, Libya, where M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing care for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers facing arbitrary detention and extreme suffering. She recalls her experience.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 2, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Southern Africa: MSF Scales Up Response to Cyclone Idai
[MSF] New York/Beira -As more than a million people struggle to rebuild their lives in flood-affected parts of Mozambique following Cyclone Idai, emergency teams with the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have started medical response activities. The response to the disaster caused by heavy flooding will be enormous in scale, as those affected are in urgent need of assistance and basic necessities such as clean water.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 27, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Senegal ’s New eLearning Platform Helps Prevent Service Disruptions as Health Workers Train
By Moussa Dia, Technical advisor for health systems performance, IntraHealth InternationalMarch 21, 2019Unlike other online platforms, it covers several areas of care and is useful for all types of health workers.en fran çaisMaty* is the only nurse in her remote village in Senegal. When she travels to the health district for training —which she must do frequently—it means there are no qualified medical personnel in her village to care for pregnant women, deliver babies, treat sicknesses, or respond to medical emergencies.If she ’s gone and her clients need help, they must either wait or go to another facility, whi...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 21, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Neema Digital Health Mobile Technology Education & Performance eLearning Management and Performance Nurses Senegal Source Type: news

Africa: Alarming Rates of Malnutrition Among Detained Migrants, Refugees in Libya
[MSF] Tripoli, Libya/New York -Nearly a quarter of the more than 300 migrants and refugees held at the Sabaa Detention Center in Tripoli, Libya, are malnourished or underweight, including many children, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, sharing the findings of a nutritional survey.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Libya: Alarming Rates of Malnutrition and Inhumane Conditions in Tripoli Detention Centre
[MSF] Tripoli - Refugees and migrants arbitrarily held in Sabaa detention centre in Tripoli, Libya, are suffering from alarming rates of acute malnutrition, while some were recently locked in a small room with only 0.7 square metres of space per person, says M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF). There are currently over 300 detainees in Sabaa, including more than 100 children under 18 years old. MSF calls on Libyan authorities and the international community to urgently address the inhumane and dangerous
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mozambique: Cyclone Idai - On the Ground in Mozambique
[MSF] Beira/New York -Teams with the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are responding to the devastating floods in southern Africa following Cyclone Idai, which hit the region late last week. The first MSF emergency team arrived yesterday in Beira, Mozambique, a port city of half a million people that was hit particularly hard by the cyc lone and subsequent flooding. Additional MSF staff are en route and expected to arrive in the region within the
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 20, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Southern Africa: MSF Responds to Cyclone Idai
[MSF] Johannesburg/New York -Teams with the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are responding to the damage and devastating flooding caused when Cyclone Idai hit a number of countries in southern Africa--including Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe--late last week. In addition to assessing the damage, teams are working to access people in need and get medical supplies and water and sanitation support to those in some of the most affected areas. Officials h
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Medical Activities Suspended After Ebola Treatment Centre Attack
[MSF] M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has put on stand-by its medical activities in the epicentre of the Ebola epidemic, in Butembo and Katwa, in the province of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This follows an attack on an Ebola treatment centre in Butembo city during the evening of 27 Febru ary.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Even During a Widespread Measles Epidemic, We Can Save Kids Lives
[MSF] Dr Natalie Roberts, emergency operations manager for M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF), describes the challenges of responding to the measles epidemic currently affecting the former province of Katanga in the southwest of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: Potential New Ebola Drugs Being Trialled in MSF Treatment Centres
[MSF] Four potential new treatments for Ebola are being used in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) at the Ebola Treatment Centres operated by M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Katwa and Butembo, in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Congo-Kinshasa: MSF suspends medical activities after Ebola Treatment Centre attack
[MSF] 28 February 2019 -- M édecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has put on stand-by its medical activities in the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic, in the province of North-Kivu, Democratic
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news

After attacks, MSF suspends Ebola treatment in epicenter of Congo outbreak
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended medical activities at the epicenter of an Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo after two of its facilities were torched by unidentified assailants, the French charity said on Thursday.
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

An easy life hack to make weekends more refreshing
This article appeared in longer form in UCLA Anderson Review.
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 28, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

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