Name : Designation : MSF doctor Kalyani Gomathinayagam discusses the situation in Biltine, Chad, where MSF is working to nurse acutely malnourished children back to health. An MSF nurse examines a patient at the ambulatory feeding center in Angara. © Florian LemsDr. Kalyani Gomathinayagam, from India, runs the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nutrition … Read more
The intensity of bombings in the Israeli military operation “Protective Edge” makes it extremely dangerous for the population and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Gaza to move around. As of today, hospitals in Gaza are managing to cope with the influx of wounded arriving. However, the new crisis is aggravating an … Read more
Mon, July 4, 2014: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) donated an ambulance previously being used by MSF to the Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoH&FW) in Kohima for Mon District Hospital. As MSF officially departs its project site in Mon in July 2014, the organisation decided to donate its ambulance to keep the process … Read more
MSF reinforcement team denied permission by Sudan authorities to respond to the needs 02 July 2014 / Brussels – Extremely poor living conditions are putting at risk some 15,000 displaced victims of conflict in El Sereif camp in Sudan’s South Darfur state. The most recent 4,500 arrivals in the camp, in particular, have scarcely enough … Read more
Patients & MSF doctors elated as MCC approval for MSF to use generic linezolid paves the way for national registration and access. JOHANNESBURG, June 30 — After a three-year long struggle, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has received approval from the South African Medicines Control Council (MCC) to import a dramatically more affordable version … Read more
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: Violence in hospitals and the destruction of medical facilities are denying medical services to many of South Sudan’s most vulnerable people, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today in a report, South Sudan Conflict: Violence Against Healthcare. Since armed conflict erupted in South Sudan in December, at least 58 people have … Read more
Interview With Cecilio Tan, Medical Coordinator of MSF in Pakistan One woman dies nearly every hour in Pakistan from complications of giving birth. The maternal mortality rate is even higher in Balochistan than the rest of the country. The largest but least populated province has some of the lowest national developmental indicators. A third of … Read more
With Ebola continuing to spread in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia (Jump to map) bringing the epidemic under control will require a massive deployment of resources by governments in West Africa and aid organisations, according to the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), while warning that it has reached the limits … Read more
Since late-2013, violence in northern and western Iraq has increased dramatically in scale and intensity, with grave consequences for civilians caught in the crossfire between the Iraqi army and opposition armed groups. In recent weeks, some 500,000 people have reportedly fled Iraq’s second city, Mosul, after it came under the control of armed opposition groups. … Read more
Name : Designation : Samte is the chief of Sugnu village. He is both HIV-positive and has multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). He’s had a hard time with his treatment for his illnesses. When we meet at his house, however, he has a big smile on his face and welcomes us in. Samte’s wife tells us that … Read more