Epidemics

Measles epidemics occur in Katanga (KTA)/DRC, challenging early response strategies for outbreak control. In 2015, despite MOH delay in declaring the epidemi

This review was commissioned by the International Board of MSF to reflect on the lessons learned for Movement governance from the early months of the MSF res

On February 8, 2017, eight months after WHO declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in the country, Guinean authorities declared an outbreak of measles.

MSF has been working in Magaria, Niger, since 2005. Every year, peaks of malaria and malnutrition have a devastating effect on the local population, particul

Based on the analysis of a widening gap between humanitarian needs and the aid sector’s response in complex emergencies, MSF-OCBA has placed its operat

2015 saw the first large scale Meningitis C outbreak in Africa since 1979. A number of challenges and problems had been noted in the way MSF operational sect

Despite a 5 day SIAs by MOH in 2014, a new outbreak began in Katanga/DRC and spread throughout 2015. A comprehensive, integrated “3 headed” respo

The objective of this review was to assess the response of OCG, focusing on the Freetown Prince of Wales Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra Leone (open Dec 2014

During the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa, MSF built a number of Ebola Treatment Centres (ETCs). MSF set up centres in the three count

Les équipes MSF ont vacciné 1.5 M d'enfants pendant une période de 10 mois, and ont traité 51 000 cas (80% du total) dans la Province du Katanga (RDC). M