Our announcement on 14th August that we were closing all our medical programmes in Somalia sent shockwaves through political and humanitarian communities. It came at a moment when world leaders, for the first time in decades, began making positive noises about a country on the road to recovery and with a stable government. For them, … Read more
Each year, the arrival of the rainy season in Niger brings with it heightened risks of catching malaria from the mosquitoes that breed in stagnant water. To help prevent the spread of the disease, which can be fatal, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carried out an initial round of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), a … Read more
Abuse and Manipulation of Humanitarian Action End 22 Years of Medical Aid in Somalia; Armed Groups and Civilian Leadership Support and Tolerance of Violent Attacks Against MSF Undermine Minimum Security Guarantees for Maintaining Assistance Programs NAIROBI, NEW YORK, August 14, 2013—After working continuously in Somalia since 1991, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without … Read more
A measles outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State has come to an end after 28 weeks. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported the Nigerian authorities throughout the outbreak by providing epidemiological surveillance and case management in Katsina’s 34 local government areas. The outbreak began in December 2012 in the southern part of the state … Read more
On Monday, 5th of August, a group of armed men attacked a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a main road outside Juba. Two MSF staff members were seriously injured, one of them died from his injuries two days later. The car was clearly marked as belonging to MSF. The exact circumstances of … Read more
PARIS/NEW YORK, AUGUST 6, 2013—The majority of people who died while fleeing central Darfur, Sudan, earlier in the year perished as a result of violence, and mostly by gunfire, according to a retrospective mortality survey released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Between January and May 2013, tens … Read more
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK, AUGUST 1, 2013 – An estimated 100,000 displaced people who fled violence in South Sudan’s southern Jonglei State are still in dire need of access to emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. This massive population displacement, which began in May and … Read more
MSF teams in Mauritania are scaling up their medical activities in Mbéra camp to help the 75,000 Malian people who are stranded in the desert. MSF has been working in the camp since February 2012 and while the emergency phase of the response is coming to an end, significant needs remain. The following is an … Read more
Syrian doctor Jamal describes working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a converted school that now serves as an outpatient clinic. As the conflict in Syria wears on and people are forced to live in increasingly difficult conditions. Without adequate access to health care, health problems like diabetes, hypertension, and mental health conditions … Read more
As the number of people in need of urgent medical care in Syria continues to rise, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is running six hospitals, four health centers, and several mobile clinic programs inside the country. While these medical programs are undoubtedly saving dozens of lives every day, the extremely high levels of insecurity … Read more