Twenty years after the Rwandan Genocide, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has published an in-depth examination of its response to the crisis, part of a new series of case studies providing insight into MSF’s public advocacy over the last 40 years. The first of the new “Speaking Out Case … Read more
For the past several weeks, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Ethiopia have been providing assistance to South Sudanese refugees fleeing violence and persecution in their country. It is estimated that more than 75,000 refugees have arrived in Gambella region since mid-December, following intense fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Jonglei, and … Read more
After a bomb blast hit the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz on March 25, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received 23 patients at its trauma center. MSF medical teams treated 17 wounded patients, while six people were dead on arrival or died shortly thereafter. Of the 17 patients treated by MSF, five suffered … Read more
In response to the Ebola epidemic that has broken out in Guinea, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to reinforce its teams in Guéckédou and Macenta, two towns in the south of the country where the virus has spread. Thirty staff members are already on the ground and more doctors, nurses, and sanitation … Read more
Brussels/Geneva, 22 March 2014 – An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in southern Guinea has prompted the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to launch an emergency response. Twenty-four MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians and hygiene and sanitation experts are already in the country, while additional staff will strengthen the team in the … Read more
Violent clashes have forced more than 15,000 people to seek refuge in newly created camps in Melut county, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, in recent weeks. With thousands of people in need of humanitarian assistance, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched an emergency response. Two new camps … Read more
Three years of extremely violent war have ripped apart towns, villages, hospitals, clinics – everything that Syrians relied on for their existence. Throughout the country, families that can are fleeing from one place of refuge to the next, each time with fewer belongings and more fear. The entire country is in a state of medical … Read more
Saturday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. On that day, and every other day, thousands of women worldwide will leave their homes to flee war or persecution. The fact that they are women makes their ordeal even more harrowing. When displaced, women and young girls often find themselves alone. Without protection, without their family, and … Read more
Download the report: Everyday Emergency (PDF) Kinshasa, 3 March 2014 – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in the grip of an emergency. For two decades, persistent conflict in its eastern provinces and instability in other regions and a dysfunctional health system have led to recurrent humanitarian crises and outbreaks of disease. In a report … Read more
Yangon, March 1, 2014- On February 27, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Holland received a written order from the Union Government of Myanmar to cease all operations in the country, which led to a full closure of all MSF Holland clinics on February 28. This act left patients confused and desperately concerned across the whole … Read more