Over 3600 people who have found temporary shelter in the southern-Somali town of Jilib (Lower Juba Valley) received plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and soap. The goods were provided by our team that runs a large therapeutic programme for malnourished children and a hospital in the nearby town of...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched an emergency nutrition project in the Turkana district in northwestern Kenya on July 18. Teams are working in two areas in Turkana—Lapur and Kibish divisions—where few humanitarian agencies have been present. MSF relief teams need your help with a gift...
Medical humanitarian organisation, Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the auspices of the UNHCR, has been carried out with little transparency or consultation with...
In light of the worsening nutritional crisis in Somalia, the international medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges all parties inside Somalia, neighbouring countries and the international community to significantly improve the assistance to the Somali population in the region...
While more than 2000 Somalis cross the borders into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself the movement of people desperately seeking food and medical help is also taking unseen proportions. MSF teams in Somalia are dealing with fast-rising numbers of displaced...
“It’s only lunchtime and we’ve already admitted 151 children today.” MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! Dr Hussein Sheikh QASSIM works in the Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) hospital in...
Organisation Hopes for Further Expansion in Al-Shabaab Territory MSF relief teams need your help with a gift towards the current emergency relief work for crisis in Somalia and its consequences. Please donate now! The announcement by one of the main armed factions in Somalia, Al Shabaab, that...
MSF Niger study reinforces that high-quality nutritious foods should be a pillar in global fight against childhood mortality; G8 countries should ensure that appropriate foods reach vulnerable children Mortality rates were observed to be 50 percent lower among a large group of young children in the...
Despite the large-scale response to the nutritional crisis from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and many other organisations, tens of thousands of children suffered from malnutrition in Niger in 2010. In spite of better harvests, 2011 also looks set to be a critical year. Around a hundred years ago...
