A cargo plane with 12 tons of relief supplies has arrived in the area affected by the earthquake allowing the MSF team in the Pisco region to start offering medical care to victims August 20, 2007 – MSF emergency teams are starting to provide medical care in two municipalities east of the coastal...
MSF urges all parties to allow medical staff to work unhindered and to grant patients unimpeded access to care Access to medical care and assistance for civilians and displaced persons in and around the Somali capital of Mogadishu has decreased alarmingly in the past months, according to the...
On the evening of August 15, a powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Peru. According to the latest estimates from Peru’s fire service, over 500 people were killed and 1,600 injured. The most affected cities are Chincha, Pisco and Ica, located about 200 km south of the capital, Lima...
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has been heavily affected by the floods of the last few weeks, low areas of the city have been inundated; the general hygiene situation has deteriorated and access to drinking water has become more difficult. As a result, Dhaka has seen a huge increase in the number of...
Over the past two weeks, 71 people with gunshot wounds have been admitted to Teme Hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been managing this 70-bed trauma center since October 2005. Port Harcourt is located in the heart of Nigeria's densely...
August 13, 2007 - Recent floods in South Asia have devastated parts of northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Millions of people have been affected and hundreds of thousands displaced. In a number of areas, the monsoon rains are said to be the worst in years. Authorities and local aid organisations...
MSF asks company not to pursue case Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong (MSF-HK) handed over 420,000 plus names collected in an online petition over the past eight months to the Novartis corporate office in Hong Kong today. Novartis lost a legal challenge against India’s patent law last Monday. “...
Following severe floods in Pakistan caused by heavy monsoon rains and Cyclone Yemyin, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up mobile clinics, water sanitation projects and watery diarrhoea treatment centres, in addition to distributing vital relief items, including tents, blankets, hygiene kits...
The landmark decision by the High Court in Chennai to uphold India's Patents Act in the face of the challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is a major victory for patients' access to affordable medicines in developing countries, the international medical humanitarian organisation...
