DAILY HUMANITARIAN DIGEST

Various health and humanitarian issues taking place around the globe as reflected in the South African media today

WATCH | In the driver's seat: Meet the men who are helping survivors of sexual violence reach safety

News 24 - 30/10/2019

In 2016 MSF did a household survey in Rustenburg in which they found that one out of every four women had been raped. They also found that...

Thousands homeless after floods in CAR

Channel Africa - 30/10/2019

The worst flooding in two decades in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left at least 28 000 people homeless, the country's Red Cross...

Refugee Returns to Burundi Must Be Voluntary and Not Under Pressure

Pan-African News Wire - 30/10/2019

28 October 2019 UNHCR Burundian refugees stand by emergency shelters at Nduta camp in western Tanzania, November 2017. © UNHCR/Georgina...

Migrants released amid fighting in Libyan capital seek refuge with U.N.

Reuters Africa - 29/10/2019

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants were released on Tuesday from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli as heavy gunfire...

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A shot of urgency: Five key pathways to reach more people with lifesaving vaccines
Vaccines save millions of lives every year. They reduce the risks of getting a disease by working with the body’s natural defences to build protection against vaccine-preventable diseases. Immunisation – the process of protecting the human body against infectious disease, typically through vaccination administration – currently prevents 3.5 million to 5 million deaths every year from vaccine-preventable diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), influenza, and measles. Vaccines are also very important in preventing and controlling infectious disease outbreaks.
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SA: MSF Calls on Business Leaders to Drive Impact at Inaugural Golf Day in Johannesburg
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa is calling on golf enthusiasts, business leaders, healthcare advocates, and humanitarians to take action at its inaugural Golf Day, an initiative aimed at raising critical funds to support its global medical humanitarian work amid mounting needs.
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Nigeria: 350,000 children vaccinated against crippling diphtheria epidemic
The humanitarian medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have successfully completed a vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting children until 14 years old in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) Local Government Area (LGA) in Nigeria’s Borno state.
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