Donations of medicine and medical supplies have been carried out over the weeendk to two of the main hospitals in the area. Today (29th December) MSF teams are trying to treat people injured by fighting in the Gaza strip helping to relieve the strain on hospitals which are overburdened by the...
Tourism in Siem Reap is booming, with more holidaymakers coming every year to visit the nearby temples in Angkor. In the last few years, Siem Reap has been undergoing a total face-lift. Yet behind the trendy new cafes and the luxury resorts under construction lies a grimmer reality. As the local...
On 28th December, a women with symptoms of what could be Ebola hemorrhagic fever, died in Western Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo. On 25th of December, a man with similar symptoms died in Mweka. These two suspected deaths bring the total to 11 deaths out of 35 suspected cases. Three patients...
Médecins Sans Frontières Releases 11th Annual List Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian...
Every year, tuberculosis (TB) kills about 1.7 million people and 9 million develop active disease. TB is on the rise in countries with high HIV rates, particularly in southern Africa, which has the highest rates of HIV. Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death for people living with HIV/...
One of the greatest challenges facing independent humanitarian action today is that of reaching civilians caught in war and armed conflicts. Nowhere is this more frustratingly illustrated than in Iraq, where MSF has struggled to gain a meaningful foothold since the US-led invasion of 2003. Various...
Sudan continued to be wracked by two major humanitarian emergencies in 2008 - the crisis in Darfur and the consequences of decades of civil war in the south. Darfur remained the site of the largest humanitarian aid operation in the world, with more than 80 organisations and 15,000 aid workers -...
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...
Continued violence and harsh climatic conditions have made living a constant struggle for people in the crisis-affected area of Ethiopia's Somali region this year. Caught between rebel groups based in the region and government forces intent on quelling the rebellion, the largely nomadic population...
Food riots around the world early in 2008 brought into sharp relief the impact of rising food prices on communities as far as apart as Haiti, Bangladesh, and Ivory Coast. Less visible, though more deadly and pervasive, was the ongoing crisis in childhood malnutrition. While combating hunger depends...
