As the situation remains tense in Southern Kyrgyzstan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing medical care and assistance to victims of violence in the cities of Osh, Jalal-Abad and Bazar-Korgon. MSF’s strategy is first to address the immediate medical needs of the population. MSF is...
MSF calls for impartial access to health care Five weeks after violent clashes erupted in the south of Kyrgyzstan and despite an apparent return to a more peaceful situation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctors, psychologists and nurses continue to deal with cases of violence on a daily basis...
25 wounded, two dead, at a hospital in Osh on Monday 21st June The situation is still very tense in Osh and Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan, where violent clashes killed hundreds since June 10th. MSF teams are on the ground providing medical care to the victims and displaced and giving support to...
A week after massive and violent inter-ethnic clashes erupted in the South of Kyrgyzstan, Médecins Sans Frontières teams are providing medical care and assistance to the victims. The medical humanitarian organisation plans to rapidly increase the level of its aid efforts, with more humanitarian...
The violent clashes that plunged the South of Kyrgyzstan into chaos since 10 June have led to an acute humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of people wounded and large displacements of population. According to official reports, at least 170 people have been killed and 1700 wounded in the past five...
Hundreds of wounded arrived in Bishkek hospitals on April 7, following violent confrontations between armed forces and protesters in the streets of Kyrgyzstan’s capital. Médecins Sans Frontières’s team in Kyrgyzstan immediately responded yesterday by providing the National Hospital and the main...
