In the week following fighting in Juba, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have treated more than 2700 patients in four clinics across the capital city of South Sudan. The organization is also supplying clean drinking water in Juba and performing surgeries for people more seriously wounded...
Health professionals working in the hardest-hit areas of Ecuador have felt the impact of the recent earthquake particularly deeply; they not only have to deal with the emotional impact on their patients, but the consequences for themselves and for their families. Like so many people in Ecuador,...
Before I could see him, I could hear his screams coming towards us through the fabric of the field clinic tent. Carried in a standard issue dark thermal blanket by four young men; he was in tears, screaming and writhing in agony.
Concha Fernández is the project coordinator for two of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams currently responding to medical needs in Ecuador following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck the northeast of the country on Saturday, April 16. According to the latest official figures, 525...
A new report from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) uncovers the gaps in services and systems trapping women and children in cycles of severe family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea. “Return to Abuser” details how a dire lack of protection mechanisms, a weak justice system and a culture of...
MSF unable to care for patients due to undignified and inadequate reception conditions Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will end its medical activities inside the first reception centre in Pozzallo as well as its psychological support projects across the secondary reception centres of Ragusa province...
As a long-term ceasefire was agreed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, injured Palestinians from weeks of violence in the West Bank are recovering in hospital. During the last few weeks, MSF psychologists have been providing mental health support to these patients and their families in three Hospitals...
MSF resumes activities in the detention facilities for undocumented migrants in Evros and Rodopi The situation for migrants kept in the detention facilities in Evros and Rodopi, northern Greece, is once again critical. For almost a month now, no medical care has been provided to migrants and asylum...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has helped established a network of 30 local psychologists as part of its medical support projects in the city of Misrata, Libya, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for more than four months. In a country with no experience in war for over four decades, few...
