MSF denounces the effects of the embargo on humanitarian medical aid Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) medical activities in the Gaza Strip are being seriously hindered by lack of fuel. Diesel and gasoline have been unavailable on the market for the past week. MSF teams have had to limit their visits...
Developed through a partnership between DNDi and Farmanguinhos, ASMQ combines artesunate (AS) and mefloquine (MQ) in one fixed dose. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the launch in Brazil of a new drug against P. Falciparum, the most dangerous type of malaria. Developed by DNDi (Drugs for...
In view of some inquiries by members of the public and a false media report claiming Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will protest against the Olympic torch relay, MSF made the following clarification announcement on 8 April 2008: MSF has not organised or participated in any demonstration against or...
As food aid is mobilised in response to the global food price crisis, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that sending adult food to feed young children will not save them from the risk of malnutrition. Today MSF urged donors to ensure their aid...
A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team visited the camp for migrants in the city of Patras (Southern Greece) today, in order to define the details of the organization's emergency intervention to cover the medical needs and improve the living conditions of undocumented migrants in the country. In...
More than a month after a power sharing deal was reached between the Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement in Kenya, the make-up of the Cabinet has been agreed upon. In recent weeks the security situation has improved considerably in many parts of the country and MSF teams are...
Since April 7, 2008, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have treated more than 31 wounded patients, including 15 people with gunshot wounds, in MSF-operated hospitals in the Haitian capital city, Port-au-Prince. Most of the patients were wounded when demonstrators in the city protested against...
Since mid-December of 2007, armed bandit groups known as "coupeurs de route" or "zaraguinas" have been mounting increasingly frequent, violent raids in the northerwestern region of the Central African Republic (CAR). Whilst several thousand people remain displaced within the country, insecurity...
Following the killing of three staff members on January 28, the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to close its project in the southern city of Kismayo, Somalia. Although activities in Kismayo will end, MSF remains committed to providing medical care to the...
