"During my recent 5 week assignment in #Tigray, I did not find a single room in a single health facility outside the major cities that was not ransacked."
After returning from #Ethiopia, writes on why #healthcare facilities are #NotATarget: doctorswithoutborders.ca/we-can-do-bett
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been uprooted in the #Tigray region of northern #Ethiopia.
Fighting broke out in early November 2020.
The #healthcare system in Tigray has almost completely collapsed.
#TigrayCantWait
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#Breaking: Today MSF mourns three staff members who were murdered in Ethiopia.
Read our full statement here:
"Our home was destroyed, our possessions were destroyed.
After this happened, we went to the village to save our lives.
We became displaced."
Watch the clip below to hear from those affected by the ongoing #Tigray crisis in #Ethiopia. ⬇️
#TigrayCantWait
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Earlier this year, MSF #Canada Executive Director worked on assignment in the #Tigray region in #Ethiopia.
In a week-long blog series, he shares what he witnessed and how MSF operated: bit.ly/2UiUQFb
The adopted #Resolution2286 5 years ago condemning attacks on #medical staff & facilities.
However, attacks against #healthcare continue in settings where MSF works including #Tigray.
Read 's first-hand account of what he witnessed: doctorswithoutborders.ca/we-can-do-bett
Calling everyone who likes to dance in #Toronto! 📣 Next week, we'll be celebrating humanity with through a Bhangra dance workshop. It's free and we invite you to bring your family and friends to Stackt.
RSVP 👉 fb.me/e/1HdN1Tidf
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“The extent of this #humanitarian #crisis on all levels is unbearable…”
An MSF #nurse shares an account of three months in #Tigray, #Ethiopia, where an armed conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee.
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#TigrayCrisis
After returning from assignment in #Tigray, Ethiopia, MSF #Canada Executive Director shares his experience.
He worked with an MSF Mobile #Medical team supporting #healthcare in rural areas.
Read the "Week in the Life' #blog series intro: bit.ly/2UiUQFb
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Thank you for leading a wonderful class and thank you so much to everyone who joined us in celebrating #humanity!
The message is a clear and simple one: Stop bombing hospitals.
Stop bombing health workers. Stop bombing patients. We are #NotATarget
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MSF in #Ethiopia: Teams are observing alarming levels of #malnutrition among children, pregnant women & breastfeeding mothers screened at mobile clinics in rural areas throughout the Northwest zone of #Tigray region.
Follow this #TigrayCrisis #thread⬇️
How we choose to remember our #Kunduz hospital. In 2014: 5,900 surgeries, 22K ppl treated #IndependentInvestigation
Our hospital in #Kunduz was the only one of its kind in N-E #Afghanistan. This was an update from earlier this week:
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Since early Monday morning, our medical teams in Kunduz, #Afghanistan have treated 252 wounded, including 53 children
Many of #Tigray’s 6 million live in mountainous & rural areas. The impact here has been severe, but the situation is not very visible to the outside world.
This is what MSF teams find during mobile clinics across the #Ethiopian region.
Follow this #TigrayCrisis #thread⬇️
For #refugees from the #Tigray living in #Sudan, access to essential sanitation has barriers.
In Al-Tanideba #refugee camp, the spreading of contaminated water and diseases like #hepatitis E is concerning.
This #WorldHepatitisDay, see what MSF is doing: bit.ly/372KMmU
We are publicly releasing an internal document with a view from inside our #Kunduz hospital bit.ly/1Q5w8hp
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Our #ThursdaysThoughts are with the tens of thousands #displaced from #Tigray conflict in #Ethiopia.
They are living in conditions lacking sufficient clean #water, food, #healthcare & other #essential resources. Watch the clip below to hear from the #community 👇 #TigrayCrisis
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. is right, field work is hectic, in our down time we love to binge-watch TV shows. Here are some of our faves. 😄 #GoldenGlobes
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Before you start your weekend, RSVP for free our #Bhangra dance workshop with @GurdeepPandh! 🕺💃
You, your family, and your friends are all welcome! fb.me/e/1HdN1Tidf
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Today, schools in towns and cities across the entire #Tigray region are the epicentre of a huge displacement crisis.
In recent weeks, this crisis has taken on a desperate shape, with many people moving into cities in search of safety & #humanitarian assistance. #TigrayCrisis
MSF #Canada Executive Director discusses his recent experience and what he saw while working on assignment in the #Tigray region of #Ethiopia.
🎧You can listen via here: bit.ly/3zqr94a
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In central #Tigray, we estimate that between three and four million people have no access to #healthcare.
MSF teams are providing #displaced people with primary #medical services through mobile clinics and supporting health facilities which lack #essential supplies.
BREAKING: The US Government just announced their support to lift #COVID19 #patents during the pandemic.
It's time for #Canada to do the same & support a WTO #TRIPSWaiver pushing for #NoPatentsInAPandemic: doctorswithoutborders.ca/global-inequit
#VaccineEquity #Vaccines4All #LivesOverProfits
#BREAKING:
Johnson & Johnson just announced a reduced price of US$1.50/per day for the #tuberculosis (TB) drug bedaquiline, which is an important step that should allow more people with drug-resistant forms of #TB to access this lifesaving drug:
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In #Tigray, #Ethiopia, our teams found a total of 87% of 106 facilities assessed between Dec 2020 and Mar 2021 had been partially or completely dysfunctional.
Every 5th health facility visited by MSF teams had been occupied or effectively controlled by soldiers. #TigrayCrisis
#PatientsNotPatents: The deal announced today between & on tuberculosis drug #bedaquiline offers a short-term solution and excludes too many countries.
J&J must do more without enforcing secondary patents on the drug: bit.ly/43oDNPJ
#Breaking statement from Juan Gil, , on yesterday's #shipwreck in #Greece:
“This tragic shipwreck off the coast of Greece is another preventable event. The European leadership outpouring of grief is showing the hypocrisy of existing European policies on migration...
#Breaking: MSF (and 90,000 petition signers!) call on Canada to ensure medicines developed with public funds are affordable and accessible: bit.ly/3oNusOC
#LivesOverProfits
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#WorldRefugeeDay: From conflict zones to #refugee camps through dangerous routes to inhospitable reception centres; we stand #WithRefugees
#BREAKING: The Government of #Canada announced today that it will donate 17.7 million doses of the #AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine to lower-income countries.
This is an overdue but welcome step. Read our statement:
#MSFPulse: On January 29, two separate airstrikes severely damaged one of our supported hospitals in Syria.
Let your voice be heard: civilians, patients, and aid workers are #NotATarget: doctorswithoutborders.ca/notatarget
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Relentless, brutal, targeted attacks on medical aid & civilians must stop. #NotATarget msf.ca/NotATarget
Congrats to @JoanneLiu_MSF, a Canadian doctor, newly re-elected as the International President of MSF!
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In western and northwestern #Tigray, we have been supporting thousands of IDPs in the towns of Shire, Humera and Mai Kadra.
MSF teams also provided medical services and supplies to many health facilities in these areas.
Read our full update:
Plz stand with us; ask Security Council #UNSC to reaffirm that hospitals are #NotATarget msf.ca/NotATarget
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Cases of hepatitis E are spreading across camps in Eastern #Sudan, infecting hundreds of #refugees from #Tigray and posing a risk to local communities.
MSF is supporting water and sanitation efforts to combat the disease. Learn more: bit.ly/372KMmU
In 2015, MSF started search-and-rescue activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Since then, our medical teams have saved 80,000 lives.
Watch the video below to catch a glimpse of why we're there. 🚢
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Read MSF nurse Lajos Zoltan Jecs' harrowing eyewitness account of last night’s #KunduzAttack: msf.ca/en/article/it-
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We clearly informed all parties to conflict, incl Kabul & Washington, precise GPS Coordinates of all our facilities msf.ca/en/article/afg
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to operate in Canada, assist with Toronto homeless amid COVID-19 | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/6814399/c
💭Our #ThursdayThoughts this week come from MSF #Canada Executive Director . He recently returned from working with an MSF Mobile #Medical Team in the #Tigray region of #Ethiopia.
He supported activities providing #healthcare in rural regions & public outreach.
We are shocked by the attack against humanitarian workers in Afghanistan. Our full support to colleagues. Aid workers are #NotATarget.
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Breaking news! #Pfizer lowered the price of the pneumonia vaccine for humanitarian orgs. It's a step in the right direction! #AskPharma
Portraits of MSF hygiene agents while they are getting ready to work in the inpatient media unit in Moria camp located in Lesbos, #Greece.
"Deeply regret"? US had GPS coordinates of #Kunduz hospital, kept bombing after we called #IndependentInvestigation
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US defence secretary: #Pentagon 'owning up' to mistaken bombing of #MSF hospital in #Kunduz, #Afghanistan. 'Deeply regrets' 22 lives lost.
"I am expecting to be denied access as we have been for the last two weeks, but I'm not expecting the way it happens."
Read #Friday's entry from 'A Week in the Life' from the #Tigray region of #Ethiopia here: bit.ly/3k12bE5
Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal death around the world.
Striking down #RoevsWade will only put more women in danger.
MSF provides safe abortion care and treats women for the consequences of unsafe abortion.
We stand in solidarity with #WomensRights.
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300K+ signed our petition for #IndependentInvestigation of attacks on our #Kunduz hospital! change.org/p/barack-obama
#ICYMI
Last week, we announced that MSF will begin operations in Canada for the first time in history. We will be supporting vulnerable populations in Toronto experiencing homelessness via : nyti.ms/3arNr8W
#BREAKING
MSF, , & @AIDSLAW condemn the Canadian government's decision to close it's border to refugees: bit.ly/2JsRqXU
More than 2.5 years after the #Ebola outbreak was officially declared in West Africa, we're now closing our last Ebola projects.
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Access to the affected areas is difficult and the full scale and nature of the needs have yet to be determined. #HurricaneMatthew #Haiti
parle de son parcours et souligne que, peu importe qu’il soit question de COVID-19, des rescapé·e·s du conflit syrien ou de l’Ukraine, il faut parler de ces histoires, parce que chaque personne mérite d'être entendue.
Lisez l’entrevue : bit.ly/3LwIjDU
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We condemn in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of our hospital in #Kunduz full of staff & patients msf.ca/en/article/afg
We treated 394 patients in our #Kunduz hospital since Monday. 105 patients inside when it was bombed. msf.ca/en/article/afg #KunduzAttack
#LoveWithoutBorders: the MSF Canada Association is marching in today’s Parade in support of all our LGBTQ2+ colleagues and patients here and around the world, especially those in places where they can’t march. 🏳️🌈 #Pride #PrideTO #PrideMonth
Cox's Bazar is the largest refugee camp in the world hosting over 1 million #Rohingya people.
In this video, Paul McPhun - MSF’s Southeast, East Asia and Pacific Project Head - visits the camp and provides the overview of the precarious living conditions.
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Working in high-stress environments and witnessing human suffering can take its toll, even on the most-experience field workers. In this episode of #MSFPulse we look at how we make sure all our staff members have access to mental health care and counselling. #BellLetsTalk
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The Saudi-led airstrike on Abs hospital in #Yemen cannot be justified as "unintentional error". msf.org/en/article/yem #NotATarget
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Bombing continued for 30+ minutes after #MSF informed US, Afghan military officials that Kunduz hospital was hit. msf.ca/en/article/afg
If enacted in current form, #TPP will go down in history as the worst-ever trade agreement for access to medicines.
This World Humanitarian Day some thoughts from our Nobel Peace Prize speech by #WHD2015 #ShareHumanity
#NepalQuakeRelief: Yes, we're sending a 56-bed inflatable hospital to Nepal. #NepalEarthquake msf.ca/Nepal
We've just finished vaccinating 710,000 people for #YellowFever in 11 days in #DRC. Thanks so much for your support!
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"World must rethink drug and vaccine development to put patients over profits" says , MSF Canada Humanitarian Advisor via : bit.ly/2Af8tf7
"Already we are hearing stories of desperation, with some people telling us they have faced the impossible choice of leaving one child to die to save others..." - Djoen Besselink, MSF Country Representative in #Somalia.
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#NepalEarthquake response: We're sending 4 medical & non-med teams & 3,000 supply kits. Learn more: msf.ca/en/article/msf #NepalQuakeRelief
We stand in Solidarity w/ Against the Targeted Killing of Civilians and Humanitarians #NotATarget msf.ca/en/notatarget
In this episode of #MSFPulse, we look at why so many people fleeing countries like Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador continue to risk trauma, separation, deportation and incarceration in the United States.
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Happy #Wednesday #Canada! 👋
We'd like to highlight four incredible blog entries.
From the ongoing #Tigray crisis, a #nurse working with communities in #Iraq, a #gynaecologist working in #Yemen and words from MSF's first Black #African #Medical Director.
Follow this #thread👇
In 1998, we formally recognized the need to implement mental health and psychosocial interventions as part of our emergency work. For people who have lived through traumatic events, the psychological consequences can be severe. #MentalHealthWeek2019
Oct 29, 2015: MSF logo on the roof of our hospital in Haydan, #Yemen after it was hit by an airstrike. #NotATarget
Today is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Since January 2017, we have provided specialize care for more than 3,000 survivors of torture.
We try to heal the deepest scars and rebuild our patients’ trust in humanity. #VictimsofTorture
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Video: The aftermath of the bombing of the MSF-supported #AlQuds hospital in #Aleppo, #Syria. #pnpcbc #NotATarget
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As doctors, we're fighting back for our patients' sake. #IndependentInvestigation #Kunduz msf.ca/en/article/eve
We treat all people according to medical needs; we don't make distinctions based on patients' ethnicity, religion or political affiliation.
Some great photos from Canadian Thomas Briand who is currently working as a Human Resources and Finance Manager with MSF in #Yemen.
Yemen is currently in a vulnerable and precarious position. Learn more about MSF's response here: bit.ly/2Bzt5iP
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"No one leaves the base without white shirts or vests prominently displaying that distinctive MSF red logo. It makes us recognizable and distinct from other uniformed groups, especially the armed ones."
Read 's #Monday entry here: bit.ly/3qZm8wN
We're sending a charter plane w an inflatable hospital from Bordeaux tomorrow #NepalEarthquake msf.ca/Nepal
Each week, in war zones, hospitals are attacked with impunity. If this happened where you lived, would you find it normal? #NotATarget
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Pfizer CEO: Canada is "freeloading" off American innovation huff.to/2o8ieny
Join us tomorrow night in Ottawa for a FREE screening of #HumanFlow by Ai Wewei. After the screening, stay for a panel discussion about the global refugee crisis with experienced MSF aid workers. Tickets here: eventbrite.ca/e/film-screeni
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Crushing garbage to make room for more. Space is scarce on the boat. They didn't teach this in med school :-P #MSFsea
Unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality and young women’s distress in the contexts where we work. #GlobalGagRule #SheDecides
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“It's an extremely concerning situation because we are not seeing an adequate response to address the needs for water, sanitation, food or medical services.” - Esperanza Santos, MSF emergency coordinator in #Tigray.
Read our full update: doctorswithoutborders.ca/article/ethiop
#TigrayCantWait
Why is MSF calling on #Canada to ensure public spending on medical R&D is used for public health and not private profits? Because we have seen how it can save lives. A thread about #Ebola, Canadian science and the failure of the private sector. 1/12
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