A boy who was bitten in the head by a dog several weeks ago and is suspected of having rabies, rests on an empty bed frame on the ground while being monitored by MSF in an abandoned building in Leer. If he does have rabies, there is little the medical staff can do to save the boy.
All humanitarian actors, including MSF evacuated Leer amid heavy fighting in May 2015 as thousands of civilians were forced to flee into the bush, swamps or into the UN Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu. However, MSF was able to resume limited operations from Leer in July 2015, conducting mobile clinics and therapeutic feeding programs until MSF’s compound was once again looted in October. MSF has been looted three times in Leer since conflict erupted.
MSF hospital in the UN compound in Malakal, South Sudan.
4-months-old Mary James was admitted three times in an MSF hospital in the UN compound in Malakal since she was two months old. She was very weak when she was admitted for the first time. She had serious respiratory problems but she improved after receiving antibiotic treatment. The last time she was admitted, on November 11, her weight was 3 kgs. Today (Nov 18), after a week, her weight is 3.25 kgs. she has improved again, this time with a tuberculosis treatment. Mary James was born in the protection of civilians (PoC) compound of the UN in Malakal, where around 48,000 displaced people fled after the town was destroyed during the fighting between government and rebel forces. The poor living conditions in the camp and the lack of available space for the IDPs is taking a toll on the population — malaria, diarrhea, malnutrition and tuberculosis are some of the most serious diseases they are facing.
Mary James’ mother, Sara Mayik, fled the fighting in Malakal when the war started. she arrived to Panyakong, then to Kodok, and then again, due to the conflict, she moved to the UN compound in Malakal. Multiple displacements are common in the area. When Sara was staying in the compound, she got pregnant and Mary James was born.
Quotes by Sara Mayik (mother):
«This place (the Malakal PoC) is very crowded, there are many people living in the same space. If people go back to Malakal and the town is safe, I will come back, but for the time being I will need to stay here.»
«My baby was in very bad condition, now she is better but I’m still worried about her, because she has tuberculosis. I hope she recovers soon.»
An MSF staff helps a young boy cross the swamps at dusk with his family to Kok Island after receiving for the first time in many month food distribution in the troubled Unity State in South Sudan.
Kok Island is the home to over two thousand IDP’s who have fled the fighting in their home areas. In April 2015 after a rise in fighting in Unity State, thousands of civilians were forced to flee into the bush, swamps or into the UN Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu.
Thousands of South Sudanese from the nearby region wait in line for a distribution in the otherwise empty and destroyed Leer in Unity State.
All humanitarian actors, including MSF evacuated Leer amid heavy fighting in May 2015 as thousands of civilians were forced to flee into the bush, swamps or into the UN Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu. However, MSF was able to resume limited operations from Leer in July 2015, conducting mobile clinics and therapeutic feeding programs until MSF’s compound was once again looted in October. MSF has been looted three times in Leer since conflict erupted.
A boy who was bitten in the head by a dog several weeks ago and is suspected of having rabies, rests on an empty bed frame on the ground while being monitored by MSF in an abandoned building in Leer. If he does have rabies, there is little the medical staff can do to save the boy.
All humanitarian actors, including MSF evacuated Leer amid heavy fighting in May 2015 as thousands of civilians were forced to flee into the bush, swamps or into the UN Protection of Civilian site in Bentiu. However, MSF was able to resume limited operations from Leer in July 2015, conducting mobile clinics and therapeutic feeding programs until MSF’s compound was once again looted in October. MSF has been looted three times in Leer since conflict erupted.
MSF provides ambulatory and door to door testing for HIV. This man was born with aids, he led a normal life thanks to his medicine until he got to the university. People made fun of him for taking pills, so he stopped taking them. He his now deaf and blind. His uncle communicates with him by writting on his arm.
Health promotion session in the health zone of Rubingo, Boga.
A woman from Ivory Cost cries after been rescued by MSF.
The MSF ship Dignity 1, that set sail from Malta after a technical stop, rescued 435 people from three boats in distress: 120 in the first one, 134 in the second and 181 in the third. On the first two boats, both rubber rafts, the majority were from Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The third boat however was wooden, and almost half of those onboard were from Eritrea. Between the three boats, 73 women were rescued as well as 140 children/minors. Whilst all are physically quite well, they show the scars of the perilious sea journey and awful time in Libya.
The MSF ship Dignity 1, that set sail from Malta after a technical stop, rescued 435 people from three boats in distress: 120 in the first one, 134 in the second and 181 in the third. On the first two boats, both rubber rafts, the majority were from Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The third boat however was wooden, and almost half of those onboard were from Eritrea. Between the three boats, 73 women were rescued as well as 140 children/minors. Whilst all are physically quite well, they show the scars of the perilious sea journey and awful time in Libya.
Haydan Hospital, March 2016, after 5 months of air strikes.
A young girl waits in the observation room of the female emergency room in Boost hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan.
Boost hospital one of the largest facilities MSF runs worldwide, consisting of 300 beds, 700 national staff and 25 international staff.
Photo: Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR
A mother places a cool damp washcloth on her child’s body to bring the fever down while she rests on the bed in isolation ward.
Children who show signs of measles with complications are treated in an isolation ward. Severe cases are referred to the hospital in Biu, a two hours drive away. Malnourished are vulnerable to diseases, especially when not being vaccinated. Measles as well as other child hood diseases are a risk for their health status.
General Hospital camp Damboa, Borno State.
A man sits with his son in a devastated area near Port Salut, in southwestern Haiti. Hurricane Matthew through the Caribbean on October 4 and devastated large parts of the island.
GRAPHIC WARNING: Some may find this image distressing.
People wait to be rescued amongst the bodies of those that died during a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
The MSF team explains the goals of the comprehensive mental health project for victims of the armed conflict and other situations of violence, and also for survivors of sexual violence in the urban area of Tumaco.
