At least 98 war-wounded have reached the few remaining functional hospitals in the last 72 hours Amman, 9 October – Several doctors who were working in east Aleppo before the current siege have expressed their willingness to go back to the conflict-ravaged northern Syrian city to try to save the lives of the many people being … Read more
In August, an MSF team went to Bama, a town 75 kilometres from Borno State capital Maiduguri. Bama is on the frontline in the conflict opposing the Nigerian army and Boko Haram. MSF project coordinator Hakim Khaldi describes the conditions in which emergency assistance was delivered to people living in a camp. Why did MSF … Read more
In the month since a new wave of unrest began in Kashmir, MSF teams have suspended their regular mental health activities in order to support health facilities treating wounded. In the immediate aftermath of the violent outbreak, our teams re-established regular contact with Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Bemina, SKIMS Soura, Bone and Joints … Read more
08 August 2016 – A busy MSF-supported hospital serving a population of 70,000 people was destroyed by aerial bombing in Millis town, Idlib Governorate, Syria on Saturday 06 August, said the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Four hospital staff and nine others – five children and two women – … Read more
Dr. Alan has worked in Yemen and Syria with victims of war and also in West Africa during the Ebola crisis. He shares his experiences and what it’s like to work as a doctor in conflict areas and it’s an eye-opener.
Sana’a, 26th July 2016 – Dialysis treatment centres Yemen are at a breaking point as they have been struggling since the beginning of the war to obtain materials needed for dialysis sessions, the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), announced today. Since the beginning of the recent crisis in March 2015, the ongoing … Read more
20 July 2016, Amman (Jordan) – International medical organisation Doctors without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for the medical evacuation of war-wounded Syrians through the sealed northern border of Jordan. This call coincides with the opening of a new surgical department within MSF’s emergency trauma surgery project in Ramtha government hospital, 5 … Read more
“As of 15th July, MSF’s team in Kashmir has successfully reached several medical facilities to assess needs and provide relevant support. Despite ongoing movement restrictions, we have been able to donate medical materials in the much affected South District, Pulwama, and we have begun delivering psychological first aid to patients in need at the Bone and … Read more
Teams from Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are responding to medical needs in Juba following recent intense fighting in the city. Yesterday, a four-person team ran mobile clinics at St Theresa Church, where 2,500 people were taking refuge. The team focused on those most in need of medical care and treated 115 … Read more
Tensions have increased in the hills to the east of Jerusalem where some 2,500 Palestinian Bedouins live. The tents and metal shacks where they live and keep their animals are being demolished by Israeli officials in an attempt to force them off their land and push them to live in urban areas in the West … Read more