The sacrifices of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in conflict areas in Nigeria are well appreciated, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
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MSF, otherwise called Doctors without Borders, expressed concern over lack of shelter and portable water to over 5, 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), who recently arrived the town from the fringes of Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad Basin.
MSF also called Doctors without Borders disclosed that 101 persons were confirmed dead of the disease of the 146 total deaths recorded since the outbreak in the country.
MSF, otherwise called Doctors without Borders, said the children were treated at its medical facility at Fori area of Maiduguri.
On Thursday, Boko Haram militants mounted an attack on a military base in Rann, located in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno.
A humanitarian medical organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres, said about 48 persons have died of cholera since the outbreak of the…
The statement, signed by Anna Cillers, the MSF Medical Coordinator, noted that 200 others were admitted at Muna and Dala camps’ cholera treatment centres.
In a statement on its website, the MSF said the death toll has continued to rise after the “horrific military attack on civilians”
The latest figure was released by Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, which however said that does not represent the final figure
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying that without it her country would lose the fight against the disease.
Joanne Liu, international president of MSF (Doctors Without Borders), speaking after a 10-day trip to West Africa, said more experts were needed on the ground and was critical of the World Health Organisation for declaring Ebola a “public health emergency of international concern” only on August 8