Name : Designation : After working with Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Liberia at the tail end of the Ebola epidemic, Australian Emma Parker spent almost six months as Head Nurse at Al-Salam Hospital in Khamir, Yemen. Emma talks about her time amid the ‘forgotten war’. “There are no commercial flights in or … Read more
MSF teams are on the ground providing support and response to the humanitarian evacuation in east Aleppo. Yesterday medical and logistician teams conducted the first needs assessments in the region. MSF also sent the first supply of 17 m3 of medicines and medical materials to Aqrabat’s hospital, the main point receiving wounded evacuated from east … 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
The air strikes came just minutes apart that morning, shattering a large, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported hospital in Syria’s Idlib province. Twenty-five people were killed, including five children. Among the adult fatalities were a doctor, a chief nurse, five nurses and a lab technician. The raids were carried out by forces loyal … Read more
Amman (Jordan), 7 December 2016 – A clinic for war-wounded Syrians in northern Jordan is being forced to close just six months after Jordan shut its borders with Syria, says international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). At the clinic in Zaatari refugee camp, some 80 km northeast of Amman, MSF provided post-operative care … Read more
Name : Designation : Walid Shbat, 30, lost his leg after being injured by a barrel bomb in Dara’a, southern Syria. Medical treatment in neighbouring Jordan restored his health and his sense of optimism. “Thursday 3 December 2015 was a day that will be forever carved in my memory. That was the day I was … Read more
Name : Designation : Al-Marj clinic is one of the most important MSF-supported medical sites in East Ghouta, an area of besieged towns near Damascus. After suffering a series of tragedies, Dr. Abu Yasser*, a GP and director of the medical department of the clinic, describes the newest challenge: no more ambulances. Yesterday [Monday, … Read more
On his way to meet friends for coffee, 27-year-old computer repairman Abu Ahmed was injured by a cluster bomb. Four weeks later, his bone fracture has failed to heal. His only hope is specialist orthopaedic surgery in Turkey – but he is trapped in east Aleppo. Bedridden, he now watches in despair his neighbourhood fall … Read more
Name : Designation : Australian Graham Baker is an engineer. He spent six months on assignment as a logistician with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in Kurdish autonomous Region of Iraq, supporting Iraqi displaced people and Syrian refugees. As the attack on Mosul continues, Graham tells the story of six months with the people … Read more