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Uganda: Ebola in Uganda - Four Things You Need to Know
[MSF] Since the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September, 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health has confirmed 43 cases of Ebola and reported 29 deaths* (as of 2 October 2022). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working with the Ministry of Health to set up an initial emergency response to help stop the disease from spreading further.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 6, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Catastrophic Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest Nigeria Must be Recognized
[MSF] Abuja -- As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond to the emergency needs of people in the region, and for northwest Nigeria to be included in the UN's humanitarian response plan, enabling a broader and more sustained response.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Africa: Project for Stranded Asylum-Seekers in Ter Apel Netherlands Closes
[MSF] Amsterdam- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended its intervention in The Netherlands. An MSF team had been present outside the main Dutch reception centre for asylum-seekers in Ter Apel since 25 August to provide basic healthcare to hundreds of people sleeping outside while awaiting registration.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

No Abortion for Fetus Sans Skull; End of Free COVID Vax? Dirt-Cheap Hair Loss Drug
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Woman's Hospital in Louisiana denied a woman an abortion after her fetus was found to have no skull at 10 weeks into her pregnancy. (nola.com) Kentucky's near-total...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 19, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Medicine Sans Frontiers: India is gearing up to grab a larger pie of $80-bn medical tourism market
What is unusual though is that this time, the Government of India (GoI) has picked a niche: it is now focusing more on medical tourism, a segment valued at $60-80 billion globally.
Source: The Economic Times - July 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nigeria: MSF Seeks Nigerian Govt, UN Intervention Over Rising Malnutrition in Crisis-Ridden North-West
[This Day] M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translated to mean 'Doctors without Borders,' an international medical humanitarian organisation has raised the alarm over the rocketing number of malnourished children in Nigeria's north-west.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Neglected Malnutrition Crisis Threatens Thousands of Children in Northwest Nigeria
[MSF] A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children, M édecins Sans Frontières has warned. Since January, MSF teams, working in partnership with Nigerian health authorities in five northwestern states, have already treated more than 50,000 children with acute malnutrition, including 7,000 who required hospital care. MSF fears that the situation will s oon become untenable without increased lifesaving h
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Summer Games Done Quick Raises Over $3 Million For Charity
SGDQ's week of chaos will give millions to Médecins Sans Frontières #summergames #charitysgdq
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nigeria: Urgent Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Deadly Consequences in Borno, Nigeria
[MSF] Since May, M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to our nutrition centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria, suggesting an alarming nutritional crisis in Borno State.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 1, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Mental Health Intervention Launched At Tongogara Refugee Camp
[The Herald] International medical humanitarian organisation, M édecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has launched a mental health intervention at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC) in Chipinge in a bid to control stress that emanate from conflicts, social unrest and wars that affect the mental and well-being of refugees.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Africa: Antibiogo - A Revolutionary Application to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
[MSF] Paris - Recently CE-certified, the Antibiogo application will be deployed as of this summer in several M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) laboratories. This innovative diagnostic tool, developed and tested by the MSF Foundation to meet the needs of low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) will eventually be available in the form of a free, offline and downloadable application, and offers considerable hop e for slowing down antibiotic resistance, a major public health threat.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - June 15, 2022 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Ethiopia: MSF Resumes Medical Humanitarian Activities in Gambella and Somali States
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- M édecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical and humanitarian organization, announces the restart of activities in Gambella and Somali regions of Ethiopia. "We are relieved to once again provide some assistance to people in these areas, many of whom have gone wit hout essential and even life-saving care during the period of our suspension," MSF said in a statement sent to Addis Standard.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Doctors targeted and hospitals close amid gang violence in Haiti - Taylor L.
Gang violence in Port-au-Prince is disrupting healthcare and leaving medical workers vulnerable to the deteriorating safety situation in the Haitian capital, M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Four hospitals in Port-au-Prince were closed on 2...
Source: SafetyLit - June 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

France's linguistic watchdog issues edict: it's not esports, it's "jeu video de competition"
France’s national linguistic watchdog, the Académie Française, has banned the official usage of a number of phrases borrowed from English to describe the world of gaming. Instead of “esports,”... #progamers #joueuranimateur #governmentworkers #académiefrançaise #jeuvideodecompetition
Source: Reuters: Health - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news