Since late August and early September, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have scaled up their medical response in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, following a sharp rise in malnutrition cases that overwhelmed…
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MSF Launches Emergency Measles Vaccination Campaign in Zurmi, Zamfara State
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in collaboration with Zamfara state Ministry of Health and Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) has launched an emergency measles vaccination campaign in Zurmi LGA, following an increase in…
MSF Calls for Urgent Action as Meningitis Cases Surge
Since early March, meningitis, an extremely infectious and deadly disease, has been spreading rapidly throughout several states across Northwest Nigeria, mainly in Kebbi and Sokoto States. The number of cases and deaths…
MSF urges parents to join Sokoto’s vaccination campaign
The international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in partnership with the Sokoto state Ministry of Health, is encouraging community members in Sokoto to participate in…
Nigeria Faces Malnutrition Crisis in Zamfara State, MSF Urges Immediate Action
A devastating malnutrition crisis is surfacing in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, where one out of every four children under the age of five in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas is suffering from malnutrition,…
MSF warns escalation of neglected humanitarian crisis in Northwest, marks Zamfara as red zone
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau The Medicines San Frontiers has revealed that, a humanitarian crisis persists in the Northwest, with catastrophic levels of malnutrition and recurrent outbreaks of preventable diseases, yet, the situation…
Diphtheria vaccines : MSF appeal to Gov Namadi for faster clearance from NAFDAC
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The team of Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), popularly known as Doctors without borders, appealed to Jigawa state governor Malam Umar Namadi to intervene and ensure faster clearance and…