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Activities 2011
Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has been working in Sudan since 1978.
From January to April 2011, MSF:
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admitted 6,422 patients
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performed 140,519 outpatient consultations
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performed 29,278 antenatal care consultations for women
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delivered 2,681 babies
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treated 10,392 malaria cases
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admitted 6,109 malnourished children
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performed 1,828 major surgeries, including c-sections
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treated 1,079 kala azar patients
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treated 2,347 TB cases
Transitional area of Abyei
MSF has worked in the transitional area of Abyei since 2006. MSF provides primary healthcare and treatment of severe malnutrition of children under five years old through an outpatient clinic in Abyei town and has been running mobile clinics in the northern part of the Abyei area. Between January and April 2011, MSF performed 1,359 outpatient consultations in Abyei town.
Following increased violence and hostilities in the Abyei region, MSF was forced to evacuate the Abyei clinic on May 21st. At least 60,000 people have fled the area to Agok and Turalei in Warrap State and the surrounding areas.
In Agok, 40 kilometres south of Abyei, MSF runs the only secondary healthcare centre in the area, with surgical facilities, out and inpatient care, reproductive healthcare and treatment for severe malnutrition.
Since the end of May, Agok has become a host town to thousands of the displaced from the violence in Abyei. MSF responded quickly by focusing on performing life-saving surgeries, treating malnutrition, providing reproductive healthcare, vaccinating children, and providing access to secondary healthcare.
MSF teams are also distributing plastic sheeting and non-food items, such as kitchen sets and soap, to the displaced from Abyei, targeting at least 20,000 people.
Mobile clinics
MSF mobile medical activities are caring for the wounded and displaced in areas outside Agok, including Mading Jokthiang, Rayan, Awal and Mathiang, Rumkor, Mayom Ngok, Ajak Kuach, and Abeimnom.
MSF received 53 wounded in Agok hospital in the first four days and treated at least 2,300 people in the first two weeks of the fighting.
Many of the displaced from Abyei also fled to Turalei, Warrap State, 45 kilometers south of Agok. At the end of May 2011, MSF teams set up an emergency response in Turalei, by establishing a therapeutic feeding centre in the hospital of Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM).
In addition, MSF emergency teams run mobile clinics in Turalei, Machbong and Mayom Abum that screen for malnutrition, provide maternal and primary healthcare, distribute food, and refer serious cases to CCM’s Turalei Hospital.