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Swaziland: MSF rolls out innovative medical approach to prevent mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission

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Stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their children is an essential step in curbing the epidemic of the disease in Swaziland. Beginning in February 2013, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been rolling out an innovative approach, commonly referred to as PMTCT B+ (prevention of mother-to-child transmission, option B+), in southern Swaziland’s … Read more

MSF Denounces the Targeting of Civilians in a New Wave of Violence in CAR

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The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the targeting of civilian populations in a new wave of violence that erupted recently in Bouca, roughly 180 miles north of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic (CAR). In the immediate aftermath, MSF treated more than two dozen people who had been injured … Read more

South Sudan: “The clock is ticking for 80,000 people”

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Caroline Scholtes, a Belgian nurse, just returned from a three-month assignment in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, an area that has suffered many outbreaks of violence in recent months. Since these clashes, some 80,000 people have gone missing in the state. In hiding, they are cut off from all humanitarian aid.   What is the situation … Read more

A Teen Battling XDR-TB in Tajikistan Strives For Better Days

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Name : MSF doctor Christoph Höhn examines 16-year-old-Shahmosa in her family home. Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen Designation : MSF doctor Christoph Höhn examines 16-year-old-Shahmosa in her family home.Tajikistan 2013 © Wendy Marijnissen a year ago, 16-year-old Shahmosa could do little more than just lie in bed all day. She was too sick and too … Read more

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responds to psychosocial needs in Uttarakhand

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New Delhi, September 9, 2013: Medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to psychosocial needs of people who suffered from incessant rain, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June 2013. The floods had caused widespread destruction and thousands were reported as missing. “MSF intervention has been based on an assessment carried … Read more

MSF surgeon killed in Syria

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Barcelona, 5 September 2013 – A Syrian surgeon working for the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Muhammad Abyad, has been killed in northern Syria. His body was found on 3 September in Aleppo province. He was 28 years old. MSF would like to express its sincere condolences to the family … Read more

Afghanistan: “Humanitarian Needs Will Only Grow”

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Is the security situation deteriorating in Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a country still very much at war. Right now, it is the middle of the annual spring offensive, known as the “fighting season.” The wave of attacks in Kabul in June and July reflect this, but people continue to be affected by conflict throughout the year … Read more

Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF completes sleeping sickness screening for 16,000 people

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The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just completed a five month project to combat sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during which more than 16,000 people were screened for the disease. The results show a low prevalence of the disease in the Bili area, in northern Orientale … Read more

Syria: Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF

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Brussels/New York, August 24, 2013 — Three hospitals in Syria’s Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms in less than three hours on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Of those … Read more