Heart wrenching and immoral How can any country , or any Human feels they can demolish a secret place of healing and  bomb these hospitals. I'm a retired nurse and  loss for words  . I feel so far away, and unable to help in any way. I will pray for all of you and all Syrians.  I work now for Amnesty International  and know this is crimes against Humanit.

This week the BMJ launches its Christmas appeal. Last year we chose Médecins Sans Frontières as our charity, and they’re such a good cause we’ve decided to team up with them again this year.

In this week’s podcast we’re joined by Fiona Bass, a nurse with MSF, who will tell us some tales from the frontline and how we can all help MSF continue their work.

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The Power of Small -MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES

Here is the track I composed for Médecins Sans Frontières' latest video campaign; Power Of Small

I hope you'll enjoy it!

To watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ve6MFDlels&list=PLpkLcO7nhYeSr8ozKAPn9s0r020lX76dd&index=4
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Médecins Sans Frontières - "Power Of Small" Campaign

La Guinée continue sa bataille contre le virus Ebola. Les dispositifs de lutte et de prévention de la maladie ont été renforcés. Le dernier bilan dénombre 101 victimes décédées, mais le foyer principal de l'épidémie reste toujours concentré au sud du pays. Et pour limiter la propagation du virus, les autorités sanitaires ont augmenté leurs efforts dans la capitale Conakry qui compte pour l'instant 8 décès. Le centre d'isolement des malades de l'hôpital Donka mis en place par l'ONG Médecins sans frontières se trouve au centre de la lutte contre la maladie dans la capitale.

Epidémie d'Ebola : Le centre d'isolement de Médecins sans frontières à Conakry, RFI, 09/04/2014

Saturday, the 21st of September, is a day I will never forget in my life.
I was out working with MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders] as a health promotion officer in Foya, in the north of Liberia, visiting villages and telling people about Ebola: how to protect themselves and their families, what to do if they start to develop symptoms and making sure everyone has the MSF hotline number to call.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/10/21/357810605/my-son-is-doctors-without-borders-thousandth-ebola-survivor

The impact of Ebola on the family of a Liberian Médecins Sans Frontières volunteer

When the media reports on the fight against tuberculosis, it’s usually the scientific innovations that get coverage — the hunt for more effective vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tools.  

But an issue that deserves attention is the creative approaches to TB care adopted by those shouldering most of the burden: nurses. In countries where health systems are poorly funded and understaffed — 95 per cent of TB deaths are in low- and middle-income countries — nurses play a vital role, often acting as the primary care givers for patients who might rarely, if ever, see a doctor. 

In this interview for World TB Day, we speak to Gini Williams, a TB nurse consultant and pioneer of nurse training programmes. “It’s no good having new diagnostics and treatments if you don’t have access to them and [don’t] have people who know how to use them,” Williams says. ”Services and systems around supporting patients are very important.”   

The “human nature” of TB — a debilitating disease that can take months or years to cure, where the effectiveness of treatment hinges on an individual’s needs, responses and circumstances  — demands treatments that take into account more than the purely medical, Williams says. Treatment requires a holistic approach factoring in in people’s social, economic, environmental situations and psychological needs. And nurses are often best-placed to address these and to provide the patient support and education so vital to controlling TB.

Yet nurses rarely get rigorous TB training — rarer still training that focuses on the breadth of approaches needed to tackle the disease. Williams and her colleagues at the International Council of Nurses TB Project have therefore created training courses  designed and run by nurses, for nurses. These have led to improvements in infection control, made diagnostic processes more robust, and have strengthened relationships between both labs and clinics, and nurses and patients. 

Nurses have also been trained to research what techniques work where and how to improve systems, Williams says. This both helps strengthen TB response, and means that nurses can take the lead in shaping interventions to improve the lives and treatment outcomes of millions of people.

The interview was recorded yesterday at King’s College London, United Kingdom, at the opening of an exhibition of photographs by TB nurses in South Africa, organised by TB researcher Uta Grosse. 

http://www.scidev.net/global/tb/multimedia/innovative-training-nurses-tb-care.html


Innovative training for nurses on front-line of TB care

As France has moved in recent weeks to clear camps where migrants stay while trying to cross illegally into Britain, Médecins Sans Frontières has just opened a new one. 

Sophie Arie talks to Caroline Gollé, medical coordinator at the Médecins Sans Frontières​ La Linière camp​.

Read more about the camp:
http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i1696

Médecins Sans Frontières's Dunkirk spirit

When first ever World Humanitarian Summit got underway, one of the world’s most respected humanitarian organizations wasn't there. Doctors Without Borders decided to pull out.  The organization acknowledged that the gathering has “never been more needed,” but also noted that shocking violations of international humanitarian law and refugee rights continue daily. They say the summit has become a “fig leaf of good intentions." We speak to Sandrine Tiller from Doctors Without Borders UK.

Doctors Without Borders Explains Decision to Pull Out of World Humanitarian Summit

The 3rd of October will be remembered as one of the darkest days in MSF's history. On this day in 2015, US airstrikes killed 42 people and destroyed the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. 

In this special episode of Everyday Emergency, we look back on the attack one year on with Dr Kass Thomas – an intensive care specialist from Australia – who was in the hospital on the night of the attack.

Visit msf.org.uk/kunduzpodcast to hear more from Kass.

If you feel compelled to act after listening to this post, visit our #NotATarget page: msf.org.uk/notatarget

To find out more about the Kunduz attack, visit: msf.org.uk/kunduz

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The Kunduz Hospital Attack: A Doctor's Story

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