Juba, January 17, 2014 – Thousands of people are at risk of being left without desperately needed medical care after the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend activities in Malakal, South Sudan, following the looting of its compounds. “Armed men entered the MSF compound in Malakal twice yesterday, where … Read more
Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei states has left thousands of people newly displaced and hundreds wounded, says the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). During the recent fighting, MSF teams treated 116 people with gunshot wounds in Malakal and Nasir, Upper Nile state. “The fighting in … Read more
Name : Designation : Angeleena Esther works as a medical doctor in the Manipur programme of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She talks about one of her patients whose desire to live inspired her, and shares her experience of providing healthcare to people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). © Avantika Shrivastava/MSF The first … Read more
Juba/Amsterdam, 10 January 2014 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the looting of its facilities yesterday in Bentiu, capital of Unity State in South Sudan. MSF was one of the few remaining humanitarian organisations present in the town providing assistance to internally displaced people and wounded at the hospital. This looting jeopardizes … Read more
10 January 2014 – A week after five international staff members were taken from an Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) house in northern Syria on the evening of January 2, 2014, MSF continues to put all efforts toward securing their safe return. Our missing colleagues are from Belgium, Denmark, Peru, Sweden and Switzerland. They … Read more
MSF concerned for civilians displaced by clashes in Katanga province Clashes between Mai-Mai militias and government forces have been rocking the area around Shamwana, Katanga province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since November. Villages in the area have been burned to the ground, and people have fled to neighbouring villages or into … Read more
Bangui, 8 January 2014 – Following confirmation of measles cases among children in several camps for internally displaced people in Bangui, Central African Republic, MSF is vaccinating 68,000 children in five camps in the city in order to prevent an outbreak. Hundreds of thousands of people are currently displaced in camps around Bangui as a … Read more
Every day, boat after boat arrives at Awerial, on the west bank of the Nile in South Sudan’s Lakes State, carrying people fleeing the violence in Bor, the capital of neighboring Jonglei State. Some 75,000 people have made the journey over the past two weeks. Mostly women and children, they carry the few belongings they … Read more
The ongoing fighting in South Sudan is having increasingly serious consequences for the country’s population, says the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Medical needs are mounting while resources are dwindling due to the departure of many international organizations. But with instability hindering the ability of remaining aid groups to deliver assistance, … Read more
MSF has had to drastically reduce its medical activities in Bangui airport, following two days of shooting close to MSF’s clinic at the airport which has resulted in two young children being killed and 40 wounded arriving at MSF’s clinic . MSF is now operating at the airport camp with a reduced emergency team, … Read more