The reinstatement of the U.S. government’s Mexico City Policy by President Donald J. Trump, which prohibits nongovernmental organisations that receive U.S. funding from either performing or providing counselling or information on abortion, will undermine access to safe abortion services and endanger the lives of women. Unsafe abortion is one of the five main causes of … Read more
Barcelona, 13 December 2016 – As Aleppo battle is at its most critical point, MSF is outraged at the violence exerted against civilians and the passivity displayed by all those that can do something to stop it. MSF calls on all warring parties to abide by their obligation to protect civilians in both the besieged … Read more
Barcelona, 9 December 2016 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned about the recent declaration made by the official spokesperson of the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) on Yemen, Mansour Ahmad Al-Mansour, on the bombing of Abs hospital, in Hajjah governorate, on 15 August 2016. This public declaration does not reflect the conversations MSF had … Read more
United Nations Member States Briefing on the Ebola outbreak and Response in West Africa Geneva, 16 September 2014 Remarks by Dr. Joanne Liu International President Médecins Sans Frontières Ms. Under Secretary General, Mr. Special Coordinator, Mr. Assistant Director General, Distinguished Delegates, ladies and gentlemen. Two weeks ago, I made an urgent appeal … Read more
United Nations Special Briefing on Ebola Statement of Dr. Joanne Liu International President MédecinsSansFrontières Mr. Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Under-Secretary General, Madame Director General, Mr. Special Coordinator, Distinguished Delegates, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for this opportunity to brief member states on the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Six months into the worst … Read more
DECEMBER 18, 2013 Your Excellencies, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing assistance to victims of the Syrian conflict since April 2011, and we welcome the diplomatic negotiations addressing the urgent humanitarian needs in this extremely violent conflict. But we would like to draw your attention to the vital subject of cross-border aid … Read more
12 December 2013 Ms Valerie Amos Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator United Nations Dear Ms Amos, With this Open Letter, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wishes to express its deep concern about the unacceptable performance of the United Nations humanitarian system in the Central African Republic over the last … Read more
Sayeed Aleemullah Shah, Tari project co-ordinator for Medecins Sans Frontieres, writes about the family violence crisis in PNG and the aims of the recent conference in Port Moresby. During my first week in Tari, in the beautiful central highlands of Papua New Guinea, I came face to face with the terrible consequences of what is … Read more
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: No Promises. On October 1, 2013, the World Health Organization, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, the Stop TB Partnership and other partners launched the Childhood TB Roadmap, a guiding document that seeks to outline the activities that need to be implemented to accelerate progress toward the elimination of childhood TB. … Read more
Following the agreement brokered between the governments of Russia and the United States of America, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on these two States to place at the top of their diplomatic agendas the substantial scale up of humanitarian aid to millions of war-affected Syrians. Given the multiplicity of … Read more