Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the decision of the Humanitarian Committee of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic to refuse permission for MSF to provide critical medical and humanitarian assistance in Lugansk. MSF is extremely concerned that this will deprive vulnerable...
Makeshift hospitals supported by medical emergency organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported a series of extreme mass-casualty influxes resulting from 20 consecutive days of intense bombing attacks in August on markets and civilian buildings in the besieged communities of East...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has officially opened its newly upgraded reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman, Jordan. The hospital serves war wounded patients from across the region who have no access to specialized surgical care in their home countries. The project was established in 2006 in...
Two aid workers from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been killed in South Sudan. Last week, Gawar Top Puoy, a logistician who had worked for MSF since 2009, was killed during an attack on the village of Wulu. James Gatluak Gatpieny, a community health worker who had worked for MSF since 2011,...
A hospital in Aleppo Governorate run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders treated four patients exhibiting symptoms of exposure to chemical agents on the evening of Friday the 21st. The patients are a family of four – the two parents, a 3-year-old girl and a 5-day-old newborn baby...
It’s a late on a clear Wednesday morning and a boat coasts across the water toward the small village of Kuemdoc, on the shore of the Phom El Zaraf river. An MSF flag flutters from the side. A crowd of people are gathered on the riverbank, waiting under a tree, sheltering from the hot, South...
With the conflict between armed groups escalating in Yemen, MSF project coordinator Christine Buesser headed for the southwestern province of Al Dhale, where medical staff are struggling to keep hospitals running in the face of fighting, b
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the recent air strikes on and next to nine hospitals across Idlib province, in North West Syria, including three hospitals supported by MSF. These attacks took place over a period of four days, between 7 and 10 August 2015, and indicate an increasing pattern...
By Dr Tammam Aloudat, Deputy Medical Director at MSF As we entered the nutrition department of the Mother and Child hospital, a woman sitting at the edge of a bed glanced over at us with suspicion. Strangers usually do not accompany medical staff at this time of the day. The baby was breathing fast...
By Dr Mégo Terzian, President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Since the fighting began at the end of March between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia led-coalition forces, Médecins Sans Frontières has provided medical assistance to close to 7,000 war casualties. MSF teams working in Yemen have...
