MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 2 January 2016]

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 2 January 2016]
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/press/press-releases

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Press Releases
Italy: MSF Ends Activities in Pozzallo Reception Center
December 30, 2015
Authorities unwilling to address inadequate conditions including overcrowding and lack of protection for vulnerable people.

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Field news
DRC: Measles Epidemic in Decline, but Risk of Further Outbreaks Remains
December 28, 2015
A measles epidemic has been raging since the beginning of 2015 in the region of Katanga in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the Ministry of Public Health, as of November 20, 2015, a total of 39,619 cases—resulting in 474 deaths—had been officially reported in Katanga.

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Field news
In Syria, MSF Delivers Winter Kits to Displaced Families in Aleppo
December 23, 2015
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have managed to deliver urgently needed aid to thousands of people in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which is now going through its fifth winter of civil war. In partnership with the Aleppo City Local Council, 5,200 kits, including essential winter and hygiene items for displaced families, were handed out in the first weeks of December.

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Field news
Niger: Getting Children to Grow Healthily
December 23, 2015
In 2005, an innovative strategy that moved the treatment of severe acute malnutrition out of hospitals was widely expanded for the first time in Niger, and a record number of children were able to receive care. Ten years later, a public health approach to preventing child mortality has been launched, combining the fight against malnutrition with the prevention of other deadly childhood diseases.