Thanks to the immediate mobilization of its national staff in Myanmar, MSF has been able to respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of victims of cyclone Nargis. However, given the scale of the disaster and the specific skills required for such a response, MSF has hired and trained tens of...
One month after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province on May 12, MSF teams are continuing to give psychological support to the quake-affected population. Two teams of psychologists experienced in post-disaster trauma management have been providing advice and training to...
MSF is opening a new Centre for Obstetrical Emergencies in Kabezi today, in the vast province of Bujumbura Rural (with around 780,000 inhabitants), encircling the country's capital. This specialised centre constitutes an essential component of MSF's project, taking on referred cases and providing...
Many survivors of the Sichuan earthquake have not only lost their houses and belongings, but also friends and/or relatives. Many are still in shock after the terrible experience of the quake and clearly need psychological support. A team of four psychologists and one social worker are currently...
A vaccination campaign against meningitis ends in the state of Katsina, while another campaign against measles, begins in the state of Yobe, northeast Nigeria. MSF's meningitis emergency response in the state of Katsina, northern Nigeria, ended in early June. MSF and teams vaccinated approximately...
Jalalo is worried. His wife has brought their one year old twins to the MSF stabilisation centre in Shashemene, in the Oromiya region of southern Ethiopia, to be treated for malnutrition, but his ten other children are at home with no food. "I used to work on the farms, guarding the food," he...
MSF International Operational Communications Coordinator Michel Peremans "We're going to try it." That is the conclusion. Tomorrow we're going to go out in a boat with the mobile team. For the first time expats will join one of the national teams to carry out medical consultations and distributions...
MSF Calls for Reforms to Food Aid and Nutrition Programmes to Save Young Lives As heads-of-state and nearly 20 key UN officials meet in Rome this week to design a plan to tackle the current global food crisis, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging the adoption and rapid scale-up of specific...
"People sometimes look for someone to listen to them and other times to help them make a decision." What mental health projects is MSF currently implementing in the Caquetá Department? MSF has been working in the Mental Health Center in Florencia, the capital of Caquetá, since March 2005 and in...
