One year ago, Hadji Charmeed’s family had to make the most difficult decision of their lives. “I am unable to walk because of my previous injury in war,” says Hadji, looking at his partly amputated foot. “My family didn’t want to leave me behind, so they decided we will all stay together.” That was the … Read more
Interview with Bertrand Draguez, MSF Medical Director An interim review published today in the medical journal The Lancet indicates very promising results for one of the Ebola Vaccine candidates. The interim review states that the efficacy of the vaccine is 100%. The trial of the so-called rVSV-EBOV vaccine – led by WHO, MSF, Norwegian Institute … Read more
By Dr Mégo Terzian, President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Since the fighting began at the end of March between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia led-coalition forces, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided medical assistance to close to 7,000 war casualties. MSF teams working in Yemen have witnessed pregnant women and children … Read more
Three months after two earthquakes killed an estimated 8,500 people and injured another 20,000 in Nepal, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reducing its operations. The international medical humanitarian organisation will nonetheless continue monitoring for disease outbreaks in several remaining displaced peoples camps, and conducting surgical and post-operative support in hospitals where … Read more
A Canadian nurse taking care of a little baby with Ebola in the Foya MSF Ebola isolation ward in Liberia. File Photo: Martin Zinggl/MSF MSF’s response to the largest Ebola outbreak in history began more than 16 months ago in March 2014 and, despite progress made in the fight against the virus, Ebola stubbornly lives … Read more
(Juba, South Sudan) – In collaboration with local health authorities, the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a Cholera Treatment Centre in Juba in response to an outbreak of cholera declared by the Ministry of Health on June 23. The 800 square meter facility is located in the … Read more
MSF’s Medical Referent in Gaza examines Qusai, 9, who was injured during the war. His house was hit by bombs. Photo: Susanne Doettling/MSF Paris, Jerusalem, July 8, 2015 – A year after the 51-day war in Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians with devastating injuries from the Israeli assault still fill the waiting rooms of the international … Read more
KABUL, 3 July 2015. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the violent intrusion by armed members of Afghan Special Forces in the organisation’s trauma centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The incident is an unacceptable breach of International Humanitarian Law, which protects medical services from attacks. On Wednesday 1 July at 14:07, heavily armed men … Read more
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), like many international treatment providers and funders, routinely relies on quality-assured affordable generic medicines from India to treat people in our projects. India is the source of the majority of generic medicines used … Read more
Kabul, 25 June 2015. Heavy clashes between Afghan security forces and armed opposition groups in the north-eastern province of Kunduz have led to a surge in wounded arriving at Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) trauma centre in Kunduz city. From 20 to 23 June, MSF’s medical teams treated 77 patients directly wounded … Read more