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Press release
MSF and MOAS to Launch Lifesaving Operation for Migrants in Mediterranean
April 09, 2015
Search, rescue, and medical aid operation to begin in May.
AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) will launch a joint search, rescue, and medical aid operation in the central Mediterranean to assist people fleeing crises and risking their lives to reach safe haven in Europe, at a time of reduced European maritime assistance to migrants, the groups announced today.

The lifesaving operation will take place between May and October, when thousands of people are expected to attempt crossing the waters between Africa and Europe. More than 3,400 people died trying to reach Europe last year, the deadliest on record for people traversing the Mediterranean. This year the death toll is predicted to be even higher, with even less assistance available to boats in distress. The Italian navy’s search and rescue operation, Mare Nostrum, was discontinued in November 2014 due to a lack of funding from European governments. It has not been replaced.

“Europe has turned its back on people fleeing some of the worst humanitarian crises of our time,” said Arjan Hehenkamp, MSF’s general director. “The decision to close doors and build fences means that men, women, and children are forced to risk their lives and take a desperate journey across the sea. Ignoring this situation will not make it go away. Europe has both the resources and the responsibility to prevent more deaths on its doorstep and must act in order to do so,” he said.

A joint MSF and MOAS team will be stationed in the central Mediterranean aboard the MY Phoenix, a 40-meter rescue ship. Equipped with high-speed, rigid-hull inflatable boats and surveillance drones, and with a crew of 20, the ship will provide lifesaving support to those in distress…

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Press release
Yemen: Medical Supplies and Staff Reach Aden, but More Help Needed
April 08, 2015
SANA’A, YEMEN/NEW YORK—A boat carrying urgently needed medical supplies arrived today at the port city of Aden in Yemen, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which operates a hospital in the city, announced.

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Press release
Community Management of Acute Malnutrition Can Work in India
April 07, 2015
Barcelona/New Delhi—The international humanitarian medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recently published evidence from its community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) program in Bihar, which revealed that it has successfully achieved a cure rate of 88.4 percent among severely acute malnourished children who completed their treatment.
This conclusion was part of a study entitled “Community-Based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in India: New evidence from Bihar,” which was published on April 1, 2015 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the world’s highest-ranked peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of nutrition.This observational analysis was conducted by MSF in collaboration with Darbhanga Medical College Hospital, and is based on results from the CMAM program that has been operational in Bihar’s Darbhanga district since 2009…