Tens of thousands of ethnic Mon have been displaced in the decades long conflict between the Burmese junta and a Mon separatist rebellion in Southern Burma. The Mon, who belong to one of Myanmar's main ethnic groups, are mostly lowland people, but continuous harassment from the Burmese army and...
The World Health Organisation's 2008 Global Tuberculosis report shows that TB continues to be a major cause of illness and death worldwide and that the death toll from TB is rising. China carries roughly one quarter of the world's TB burden and ranks second on the list of the top five TB endemic...
Tens of thousands of ethnic Mon have been displaced in the decades long conflict between the Burmese junta and a Mon separatist rebellion in Southern Burma. Many of them live now in resettlement sites and villages for displaced in ceasefire areas administered by the Mon authority. MSF has been...
International staff with the independent medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have resumed their humanitarian work in several locations in Somalia. Following the brutal killings of three MSF aid workers on January 28 in the southern city of Kismayo, MSF suspended its...
Although in developed world measles has been almost overcome, in many countries it remains a major public health concern. The high mortality rate due to measles is preventable and mass immunisation against measles is one of the top priorities in an epidemic. Vaccination campaigns are core part of...
On March 18, Somali national staff Ali Mohamed Addow from the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) died at the hospital following severe injuries sustained during an attack on an MSF car the week before. Along with other cars travelling the same route, an...
