April 12, 2013 A Syrian refugee carries her child to the MSF medical clinic at the Domeez camp in northwest Iraqi Kurdistan. The number of Syrians registering as refugees at the Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, continues to climb, but there are not enough services in the … Read more
NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA/NEW YORK, APRIL 12, 2013—Conflict in Mali has driven nearly 70,000 refugees to Mbera camp in the Mauritanian desert, where appalling conditions and inadequate assistance are leading to severe malnutrition and deaths from preventable diseases, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a report released today. Conditions in … Read more
Brussels, 9 April, 2013 – As European Commission (EC) pressure mounts on India to rush into signing a free trade agreement (FTA) by mid-April, activists from across Europe mobilised in Brussels today to demand the EC withdraw provisions that will harm people’s access to medicines in India and across the developing world. Civil society organisations … Read more
Name : Designation : Ahmed Mandal has worked with MSF’s medical team in Yemen as a general practitioner and intensivist. He tells us what is involved in running a busy emergency room in a mountainous region of the country. Medical team at Al Dhale, Yemen. Ahmed Mandal is second from left © MSF It was … Read more
It’s been almost one week since the Seleka opposition group took control of Bangui, capital city of Central African Republic. Here, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator Sylvain Groulx discusses the situation in the city, and the consequences that the fighting and looting might have on the population of the country—many of whom are … Read more
People living with MDR-TB and their healthcare providers call for urgent action New Delhi, 22 March 2013—If measures to tackle multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are not significantly stepped up, including addressing barriers that prevent both research into better drug combinations and treatment scale up, MDR-TB rates will continue to increase worldwide and a historic opportunity to … Read more
Pune/Mumbai, 3 Feburary 2013 – The global humanitarian organisation Rotary International has presented its World Community Excellence award to the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders. The award was presented at the annual conference of Rotary International District 3140 in India on 2 February at Aamby Valley, Pune. “MSF has done monumental … Read more
Name : Designation : In the wake of Cyclone Aila, daily flooding in both Bangladesh and India prevents families like this one from rebuilding their homes and communities. © Bangladesh 2009 Veronique Terrasse/MSF Nearly two months after Cyclone Aila devastated East India and the coast of Bangladesh, the plight of survivors is no longer headline … Read more
Name : © Brendan Bannon Designation : Mozambique: a mother looking after four kids and a husband, in a village in northern Mozambique, under the baking sun – and baking is the way she has chosen to push the family fortunes forward. “Don’t be afraid if you have HIV. We are all brothers and sisters … Read more
RABAT, MOROCCO/ MADRID/NEW YORK, MARCH 14, 2013—Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are suffering a sharp increase in violence at the hands of security forces in Morocco and at border areas, resulting in serious health problems, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. A report released today by MSF, Trapped at the … Read more