Sana Bég

@sana.msf.ca

Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.ca

⚽️ #Congo’s first-ever #WorldCup knockout run ended today. 🩺While we cheered, our @msf.ca teams were showing up in Ituri, Bunia & Goma, 2 months into responding to an #Ebola disease outbreak. The game is over. The outbreak isn't. Don't forget eastern Congo when the final whistle blows.

Of the patients admitted to @msf.ca our #Ebola treatment ctr in #DRC, 68% of confirmed cases admitted are women. But there is hope. And our teams are clear about what it takes. The women of DRC deserve more than to be a statistic. They deserve a response & a hope that is radical. #HopeisRadical

An illustration of why surveillance & early detection matters in outbreak containment “The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet 100s of samples remain untested" healthpolicy-watch.news/congo-ebola-...

Congo Ebola Outbreak Now Third-Largest On Record As Suspected Cases Pass 1,000 - Health Policy Watch

A rare and deadly strain of the Ebola virus is spreading rapidly through a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has never previously

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You know what's a perfect storm? - A virus - A world where authoritarianism is rising - A world where multi-lateralism is failing - A WHO weakened by US exit - Deep, abrupt aid cuts by rich nations - Anti-scientific leadership in the US - Growing anti-vax movement - Disinformation is everywhere

🤔 Is it just me, or are we all scrolling past stories of what’s being done to women & girls while perpetrators are known yet never held accountable? In #Darfur, 97% of survivors treated by @msf.ca describe perpetrators as armed men acting with complete impunity. More➡️https://tinyurl.com/k62e7dnc

PICTURE: Rimeh, a community focal point in Daba Naira camp, North Darfur state, Sudan, joins an MSF health promotion session on sexual violence. Through these sessions, MSF raises awareness about sexual violence and ensures survivors know how to access care. Rimeh supports survivors in the community, helping them reach the MSF emergency clinic for medical and mental health support.

“The biggest impact is not going to be on aid organizations. The biggest impact is going to be on the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, our Executive Director. Israel’s withholding of NGO registrations could end MSF’s operations in #Gaza by March 1: ca.news.yahoo.com/gaza-aid-und...

Gaza aid under threat: Canadian NGOs warn humanitarian system could collapse as Israel withholds registrations

NGOs provide lifesaving medical care, food and rehabilitation services in Gaza and the West Bank. That could end March 1.

ca.news.yahoo.com

Last night, government forces bombarded an @msf.ca hospital in South Sudan. This is part of an alarming and dangerous pattern: 🚨 Attacks on healthcare are becoming normalized in conflict zones. Pay attention. Demand accountability. #NotATarget

Palestinians in #Gaza already face a brutal winter, destroyed homes & barely functioning healthcare. If @msf.ca is expelled, the impact will be devastating. We remain committed to dialogue with #Israel. We remain focused on returning attention to where it belongs: the catastrophic needs in #Gaza.

Medevacs from space are now a reality. NASA just evacuated sick astronauts from orbit back to Earth. If we can organize a medical evacuation from outer space, #Israel can certainly organize safe, timely evacuations for critically ill @msf.ca patients in #Gaza.

#Israel has denied registration to international medical humanitarian aid organizations in #Gaza. This is not some administrative detail. It is a death sentence for civilians already being dehumanized in every possible way. @msf.ca

“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence  —  that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza

Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.

montrealgazette.com