MSF rapidly scaling up in Somalia

"This week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tonnes of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia. In the past weeks, an estimated 100,000 people have fled from south and central Somalia to the capital to seek assistance. They are settling in numerous camps in and around Mogadishu, with little or no access to healthcare.

"MSF has started measles vaccination campaigns in dozens of makeshift camps where thousands of people have gathered after fleeing the exceptional drought and the violence in other parts of the country. Almost 3,000 children have been vaccinated so far. Around 1,000 children have been screened for malnutrition. More than half of them were indeed malnourished.

"MSF is extremely worried about the situation of the displaced. The situation is critical. MSF has begun reinforcing its operations in Mogadishu and is assessing areas around the capital in order to adequately respond to this crisis,” says Unni Karunakara, a doctor and MSF’s international president."

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