Barcelona, 5 September 2013 – A Syrian surgeon working for the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Muhammad Abyad, has been killed in northern Syria. His body was found on 3 September in Aleppo province. He was 28 years old. MSF would like to express its sincere condolences to the family … Read more
Name : Designation : What if the medicines that could save your life cost a hundred times what you earn in a year? Many people in developing countries can’t get hold of the treatment they need to stay alive and healthy. That’s why Médecins Sans Frontières launched the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to find ways of … Read more
Is the security situation deteriorating in Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a country still very much at war. Right now, it is the middle of the annual spring offensive, known as the “fighting season.” The wave of attacks in Kabul in June and July reflect this, but people continue to be affected by conflict throughout the year … Read more
The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has just completed a five month project to combat sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during which more than 16,000 people were screened for the disease. The results show a low prevalence of the disease in the Bili area, in northern Orientale … Read more
Brussels/New York, August 24, 2013 — Three hospitals in Syria’s Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms in less than three hours on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Of those … Read more
Syrian refugees are crossing the border into Iraqi Kurdistan in huge numbers, with more than 42,300 passing through the Peshkabour border crossing since it reopened a week ago on 15th August. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have set up health posts on both sides of the border, providing medical consultations and distributing water to … Read more
In an extraordinary move, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started a rabies intervention in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo after an alarming number of people were bitten by rabid dogs. With ten deaths reported already, the emergency intervention aims to prevent any further fatalities from this neglected disease. Vaccinating against … Read more
Since the escalation of political violence in Egypt in late June, Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)’s team in Cairo has been in close and regular contact with the main public and private healthcare facilities throughout Cairo and other affected areas of the country. The team has provided medical supplies and equipment to health facilities … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was awarded the Nagaland governor’s Gold medal during the Independence Day ceremony on August 15, 2013 in recognition of the “distinguished services” rendered by MSF in Mon District Hospital. We have been supporting the hospital since 2010. “Following the contributions of Médecins Sans Frontières, the Mon district hospital will … Read more
Name : Designation : Displaced people carry their belongings in Araria district, Bihar state © India 2008 Bjorn Nissen /MSF Hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced in northeastern India and neighboring Nepal after the worst flooding in 50 years. In the Indian state of Bihar, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing humanitarian … Read more