OCG

Middle East Support Office (MESO) opened at the end of 2016 with the main goal to provide support to OCG ME missions. While objectives and outcomes were not clearly outlined at the beginning, this became clearer in the following years and adjusted around three main objectives/pillars: increase access and acceptance, investing in people and operational support.

MSF in Latin America has a history of more than 40 years of implementing a wide range of programs, including neglected diseases (HIV, Tuberculosis and Chagas), urban violence as well as regular emergency responses to acute epidemic and natural disasters.

After 10 years of presence in Zinder, the MSF mission is preparing for a successful handover of the project to the national authorities. The handover process, which started 5 years ago, has been well structured and well
planned. It has followed a step-by-step approach, progressively transferring responsibilities to the national authorities, and has thus avoided jeopardizing the quality of care for the beneficiaries.

Médecins sans Frontières Operational Centre Geneva (MSF OCG)’s Initiative for Medical Innovation (2IM) has successfully introduced the beginnings of a change in organisational culture through a number of innovation projects. Every department has now adopted the notion of innovation and risk taking and a mindset of challenging the status quo. We have found evidence that the 2IM Initiative has, with a degree of success, started to address an identified latent risk aversion in OCG.

The various surveys and evaluations carried out on briefings (BG) and debriefings (DG) have shown that the current system of BG/DG was inadequate. This was partly because of the growing number of recruits on international contracts (expatriates) and has resulted in an increase in briefings and debriefings.

MSF-OCG has been present in Magaria, Niger since 2005. MSF is confronted with yearly peaks of severe acute malnutrition and malaria, which mainly affect children under five-years-old. Despite MSF’s presence mortality rates during these months often rise above MSF standards, while periodically, mortality rates in the community rise above emergency thresholds. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, we found the project to be relevant for MSF, but some changes could be made to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness. This includes establishing a long-term strategy, the simplification of protocols, exploring innovative ways to treat malnutrition
and malaria, and perhaps using this as an opportunity to revitalise the general interest in malnutrition

 
Over the last few years MSF Operational Centre Geneva (OCG) has developed several “regionalized” operational initiatives

Understanding attitudes and perceptions of unwanted pregnancies and abortions in Choloma/ Honduras has to do with Christianity, pro-life politics, a strict a

Le présent rapport décrit les résultats de l’évaluation des deux interventions d’urgence : flambée de paludisme et épidémie de rougeole, menées p

Following the restart of armed fights in South Sudan in December 2013, MSF-OCG responded to the influx of displaced and the consequent health-related needs i