The international medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) evacuated 71 patients by boat on Sunday 3 April from the Libyan city of Misrata, where ongoing violence has overwhelmed medical facilities with the injured. “We managed to dock at Misrata on Sunday afternoon, despite...
As the conflict continues in Libya, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is pursuing a variety of measures to assist people affected by the violence in the western part of country, regardless of their affiliation or origin. So far, the organisation has been denied...
MSF teams have returned to Libya after being forced to withdraw from Benghazi due to worsening security conditions on the 15th of March. Today, seven MSF staff are inside the country, both in Benghazi and Tobruk, planning to resume assessments of medical needs and provide support with medical...
Ever since civil unrest and violence erupted in countries across north Africa and the Middle East, teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been supplying and assisting hospitals and health structures where medical staff are facing increased numbers of injured people. Teams are also assisting...
On 15 March MSF teams left Benghazi due to increased insecurity. From Alexandria (Egypt) MSF’s emergency coordinator Simon BURROUGHS talks about the team’s efforts to get back into Libya and the need for access for medical humanitarian teams. Almost a week after MSF had to leave Benghazi and Libya...
As fighting in eastern Libya once again escalates, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sees itself forced to withdraw its staff from Benghazi. The teams have moved to Alexandria in Egypt, or are on their way there. They will try to continue supporting Libyan health facilities, primarily through...
As conflict intensifies inside Libya, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned with the situation of the wounded caught in the middle of violent clashes, and calls for urgent unhindered access to medical assistance, irrespective of...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Benghazi and on the Tunisian-border are still working to access areas of Western Libya, where medical needs are reportedly critical. Inside Libya, insecurity and the volatility of the situation is not allowing the team to reach areas in the West of the...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denies all accounts that a medical doctor working for MSF was taken in Benghazi on 8 th March. No MSF staff has been taken in Libya. MSF teams have been present in Benghazi since 24th February and continue to support Libyan medical staff, particularly in Benghazi and...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to look into means of delivering more medicine and supplies, by road or by boat, to areas affected by violence Since the first MSF team was able to cross the Egyptian border into Libya on 24 February, MSF has been assessing the situation in various medical...
