Dr. John Julyadharma is an Indonesian medical doctor working with MSF in the emergency relief operation in Padang, Indonesia, where an earthquake hit on 30 September. This is his report. "Not much damage." This was my first impression when I flew into Padang city on October 3 from Maluku Province,...
MSF moves to assist Rohingya living in unacceptable humanitarian conditions in yet another makeshift camp in Bangladesh Recently, MSF was alerted to a growing health crisis in the Kutupalong area of Bangladesh, where thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority originating from the northern...
The fighting between government forces and anti-government militants in the North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan has intensified throughout 2008. Air strikes by United States military in the area have also increased insecurity. In August, thousands of...
Two months of MSF emergency response in Myanmar Myanmar is marking the two-month anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, which struck the country on May 02, devastating entire communities and destroying thousands of lives. Though eight weeks have passed, the needs facing survivors remain critical. While the...
"Our priority now is that our two colleagues are released without harm" After confirming that two staff members have been taken by force in the morning of 26th December in Bossaso, Somalia, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has urgently called for...
New data released by the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Los Angeles this week demonstrates good clinical outcomes for second-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-...
The deadly and contagious Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever continues to ravage Angola. Until 17 April, 2005, 235 of the 257 cases reported have proved fatal. Without a stronger response, the epidemic will continue to spread. Marburg Fever continues to spread in the Angolan province of Uige. Until 17 April...
