With the conflict between armed groups escalating in Yemen, MSF project coordinator Christine Buesser headed for the southwestern province of Al Dhale, where medical staff are struggling to keep hospitals running in the face of fighting, b
By Dr Tammam Aloudat, Deputy Medical Director at MSF As we entered the nutrition department of the Mother and Child hospital, a woman sitting at the edge of a bed glanced over at us with suspicion. Strangers usually do not accompany medical staff at this time of the day. The baby was breathing fast...
By Dr Mégo Terzian, President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Since the fighting began at the end of March between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia led-coalition forces, Médecins Sans Frontières has provided medical assistance to close to 7,000 war casualties. MSF teams working in Yemen have...
"We believe that the violence will continue during Ramadan: a ceasefire won’t be implemented unless the two warring parties respect it." Jasmin Mohammed Ali (26) is a teacher in the primary school in Qatabah and her sisterAsia Mohammed Ali ( 25) talk about their daily life in Qatabah since the...
More than 100 injured, including women and children, were received by MSF in Aden yesterday as a result of heavy shelling on the Al-Basateen residential area in the city. Since 19th March, MSF has received more than 2,500 injured in Yemen; with more than 1,800 of them in Aden alone. The situation...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are extremely concerned about the severe damage caused by recent Coalition attacks on airports in Sana’a and Hodeida, obstructing delivery of much needed humanitarian assistance and movement of humanitarian...
I guess you have heard about the escalation of armed conflicts in Yemen by the end of March. I was asked by MSF to join a surgical emergency mission to Aden in early April.
At least 11 people have been killed and 67 injured since 21 April during constant airstrikes and shelling in Haradh district, northwestern Yemen, said Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders today. The 67 wounded were treated by MSF medical staff in Haradh public hospital, which is...
Thirty people injured in airstrikes in Huth district on Wednesday night have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF), the organisation says. The wounded were treated at Al-Salam Hospital, which MSF runs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the town of...
A cargo plane chartered by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carrying 15 tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies landed in Sana’a on 13 April, but continued and increased access to the country is still required. The plane which flew from Djibouti has delivered emergency medical kits comprising of...
