New Delhi, August 27, 2015: Doctors without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has become aware that its name is being used in promotional interviews for the new film “Phantom”. Additionally, one of the film’s main characters is portrayed as working for MSF. We would like to clarify that MSF has never been consulted or … Read more
MSF calls for greater political will and commitment towards Bihar’s malnourished children Patna/New Delhi, August 24, 2015: After a successful collaboration with the State Health Society in Bihar, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is handing over its Nutrition and Kala Azar programmes to the State government. While MSF has … Read more
Before starting the rescue, and to avoid incidents, MSF distributes lifejackets. Photo: Anna Surinyach/MSF In the past 100 days, MSF has contributed significant resources to saving lives on the Mediterranean Sea and has rescued 11,482 people at risk of drowning through its search and rescue operations onboard the Bourbon Argos, Dignity I and MY Phoenix … Read more
MSF will donate 13,000 mosquito nets to Kalay township to assist in the prevention of any further cases of dengue Two weeks after severe flooding affected an estimated one million people across Myanmar, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is expanding its support to the government’s response in both Rakhine State and Sagaing … Read more
Dr Joanne Liu, international president of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) The race to contain the largest Ebola epidemic in history has been a marathon, not a sprint. One year ago I arrived in West Africa and found the virus tearing through the region. It was destroying families and ripping apart … Read more
The situation on the island of Kos over the last two weeks has taken a sour turn as more than 7000 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants arrived to the island over the month of July, a two-fold increase compared to June. In the absence of proper reception facilities, most have taken to put up tents … Read more
Parts of three Indian States – Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana – have been caught up in longstanding conflict between the Maoist groups (known as Naxalites or Naxals), and the Indian Government. This conflict has seriously jeopardised healthcare in these areas. Camille Gillardeau has been the project coordinator in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana for … Read more
Interview with Thierry Goffeau, MSF project coordinator in Aden, mid-May to early August. Violence was at extreme levels during that time in the capital of the southern part of the country. In late July, Southern Resistance fighters, supported by the Saudi-led international coalition, retook control of Aden. What was the result? The situation in Aden … Read more
The latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea, in which hundreds of people drowned after a boat carrying around 600 people capsized, underscores the severe lack of adequate search and rescue operations in the area, says Doctors Without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF). The wooden boat capsized close to the Libyan shore, shortly before the MSF search … Read more
A picture made available on 04 August 2015 shows people carrying their belongings as they pass through a flooded street in Min Pyar township of Rakhine State, Myanmar, 02 August 2015. Myanmar’s president declared four regions of the country as disaster zones on 31 July 2015. Heavy monsoon rains caused floods around Myanmar with dozens … Read more