An MSF ambulance arrives at the reception center at Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to pick up patients urgently in need of medical attention. Many Somali refugees, especially children, arrive at the camp dangerously malnourished; some do not survive the journey. View more photos in our slideshow. Photo: 2011 © Brendan Bannon
This little boy’s arm was broken by a bullet when he was caught in an exchange of gunfire in Somalia. Before his family fled to Dadaab, Kenya, he was treated by doctors in MSF’s hospital in Marere, Lower Juba region—the only hospital in the area.View more photos in our slideshow. Photo: 2011 © Brendan Bannon
Refugees wait at the reception center in Dagahaley, one of three sites in the Dadaab refugee camp complex in northern Kenya. Currently, it takes two months for new arrivals at the camp to be registered, which means delays in receiving direly needed food rations. View more photos in our slideshow. Photo: 2011 © Brendan Bannon
A national staff member takes a break to play with children during MSF’s emergency response to a raging measles epidemic in remote Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Staff used canoes, motorcycles, and cars to reach the affected population at 12 sites. By May 20, MSF had treated more than 2,000 patients; 250 required hospitalization.
Read more: Treating Measles in a Remote Province of DRC
Photo : 2011 © Laetitia Legrand/MSF
Recently, a mother and her husband brought us a two-year-old boy called Yusuf. He was nothing more than bones and skin. He was too weak even to breathe. The family were pastoralists and all their animals had died. They told me the child had diarrhea and couldn’t eat. He was in such a bad way you…
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Infographic made by MSF intern Nikhil Misra.
Doctors Without Borders: New Publication for Download/Purchase
Medical Innovations in Humanitarian Situations explores how the particular style of humanitarian action practiced by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontierès (MSF) has stayed in line with the standards in scientifically advanced countries, while also leading to significant improvements in the medical care delivered to people in crisis.
Through a series of case studies, the authors reflect on how medical aid workers dealt with the incongruity of practicing conventional evidence-based medicine in contexts that require unconventional approaches.
The book covers how changes to drug regimens improved malaria treatment, how creative staffing solutions allowed MSF to treat more people living with HIV/AIDS, how ready-to-use-foods and new treatment models revolutionized the fight against global malnutrition, and how medical innovations can address current and future challenges.
Responding To Drought In The Horn of Africa
Drought currently affecting the Horn of Africa is exacerbating already precarious conditions for many people in eastern Africa. MSF teams are seeing a dramatic effect on the Somali population—both those in Somalia and the many who have fled to overcrowded camps in Dadaab, Kenya, and parts of Ethiopia. The numbers of malnourished children in MSF feeding programs in these areas are rising. This, along with the conflict in Somalia, limited access to healthcare, high food prices, and inadequate aid amounts to a widespread humanitarian crisis.
Photo: A malnourished child rests inside MSF’s inpatient therapeutic feeding center in Dadaab. (Kenya 2011 © Yahya Dahiye/MSF)
Thank you to Tumblr for adding #Somalia to the Explore page.
Yes, a big thank you to tumblr. This is a good start to help raise awareness of the dire situation faced by East Africans and I am glad to be helping with the curation. The situation right now is really depressing so please guys pass the message and track this page.
Honored to be part of this endeavor and I’m very happy to see Tumblr putting the spotlight on such a terrible crisis.
This is great news and definitely a good start but I feel as though the tag should’ve been for ‘East Africa’ and not just Somalia as other countries such as Ethiopia and Kenya are affected by this drought.
Good point, the drought is affecting much of the Horn of Africa.
