GENEVA/NEW YORK AUGUST 8, 2013—As Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) begins vaccinating children against pneumonia in a refugee camp in South Sudan, the international medical humanitarian organization warned today that the global vaccination community is neglecting to provide new vaccines to crisis-affected children. While planning to immunize children against pneumococcal diseases in the Yida … Read more
PARIS/NEW YORK, AUGUST 6, 2013—The majority of people who died while fleeing central Darfur, Sudan, earlier in the year perished as a result of violence, and mostly by gunfire, according to a retrospective mortality survey released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Between January and May 2013, tens … Read more
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK, AUGUST 1, 2013 – An estimated 100,000 displaced people who fled violence in South Sudan’s southern Jonglei State are still in dire need of access to emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. This massive population displacement, which began in May and … Read more
Name : Designation : Which is the most resilient? A bacteria? A virus? It’s an idea! Both tough and highly contagious, an idea, in my experience, is almost impossible to root out once it takes hold. © Devi Prasad Mohapatra It was an idea that led to the creation of MSF in 1971 and it … Read more
MSF teams in Mauritania are scaling up their medical activities in Mbéra camp to help the 75,000 Malian people who are stranded in the desert. MSF has been working in the camp since February 2012 and while the emergency phase of the response is coming to an end, significant needs remain. The following is an … Read more
As the number of people in need of urgent medical care in Syria continues to rise, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is running six hospitals, four health centers, and several mobile clinic programs inside the country. While these medical programs are undoubtedly saving dozens of lives every day, the extremely high levels of insecurity … Read more
NEW YORK, JULY 8, 2013—More than 20,000 people are largely cut off from aid in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after fleeing violence in the disputed border region with Sudan’s South Darfur state, the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The displaced people are mainly living in 11 … Read more
Three months after Seleka forces seized power in Central African Republic (CAR), the country is in the grip of a humanitarian emergency while the international community looks on with indifference, warned Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). CAR was plunged into chaos by the coup, and the country remains politically unstable. Citing lack of security, UN agencies … Read more
BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/NEW YORK, July 9, 2013—Three months after a coup in Central African Republic (CAR), the country remains gripped by a humanitarian emergency made worse as the international community looks on with indifference, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned in a report released today. CAR, plunged into … Read more
Greece has become one of the main entry points for migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe in hopes of finding a better future. The already-limited response to the medical and humanitarian needs of these people has been adversely impacted by the financial crisis affecting the country. The Greek government has also increased its law … Read more