December 13, 2013: A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile emergency team is providing round-the-clock medical care at Bangui airport, addressing the medical needs of some 40,000 displaced people who’ve been sheltering there following an outbreak of violence that has convulsed the Central African Republic capital since December 5. “It’s a very difficult situation,” said … Read more
*/ Doctor Thomas Lauvin has just returned from Syria’s Aleppo governorate, where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a hospital with an operating theater, a maternity ward, an emergency room, and an outpatient department. There, he coordinated the assistance MSF is providing to Syrian doctors and volunteers in the region. In this interview, Dr … Read more
December 10, 2013: One month after Typhoon Haiyan swept through the central Philippines, Filipinos are starting to rebuild their homes and lives, says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency coordinator Ibrahim Younis. But while people in cities are receiving assistance, many remote farming communities have still received little aid. One month on, have people received … Read more
“In India, over half a million people living with HIV are on treatment but the best tool to monitor their treatment – the viral load test – is not easily accessible and available. Access to viral load testing is strictly rationed and is only available if the SACEP (State AIDS Clinical Expert Panel) committee – … Read more
MSF vaccinates more than 26,000 children against measles and provides water and basic supplies to displaced persons Working in a highly volatile security context, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has vaccinated 26,125 children against measles in South Irumu in November. Violent fighting between government forces (FARDC) and the militia of the Front for Patriotic … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) extends heartfelt condolences to the Mandela family, South Africans and all those whose lives were touched by Nelson Mandela during his 95 years. His life was spent in the service of his fellow man while he worked to improve the lives of people suffering marginalisation and discrimination – irrespective … Read more
December 6, 2013: One month after Typhoon Haiyan, which killed 5,600 people and displaced more than four million according to official figures, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working in several locations on three islands in the Philippines to support the health system and deliver medical care to those in need. “We are providing healthcare … Read more
December 5, 2013: The consequences of Typhoon Haiyan have been devastating in the regions of Leyte, Samar and Panay, but the plight of the population in the rural and isolated areas of these islands has often gone unreported. Reaching out to these communities is a top priority for the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins … Read more
Four in five refugees in the camps at Dadaab do not want to return to Somalia given the current climate of insecurity, finds an MSF assessment November 28, 2013: An agreement to begin the voluntary repatriation of Somalis from Kenya could potentially be a positive step, but must not happen at the expense of providing … Read more
“Yes, I think many injured will be coming now…. perhaps we’d better call the surgeon.” “Good idea,” I say after some time. It sounds stupid. I cannot think of a better reply. These were the words spoken by my assistant Ayyub* at 6:15 am on a crisp July morning in northern Syria, as we peered … Read more