MSF suspends international staff presence Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is outraged by what appears to be an organised attack resulting in the killing of our three colleagues Victor, Damien and Mohmed Bidhaan, as well as two other people, on Monday 28 January in Kismayo, Somalia. As a mark of our...
It is with great sadness that we confirm that yesterday morning (Hong Kong time yesterday afternoon) three staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed in the Somali town of Kismayo, not far from the hospital where we work. The victims are a Kenyan doctor, a French logistician and a Somali...
In the states of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, in central India, MSF is providing healthcare to people caught in a conflict between the government and Maoist insurgents known as Naxalites. This low-intensity conflict, which has been ongoing for 40 years, flared up in 2005. In the midst of the...
The sun beats down on a corrugated iron shelter that serves as Bukama health centre's waiting room. It is December 2007, a Friday, and therefore market day. The health centre, where MSF conducts regular clinics, is crowded. "Just a few days ago, this health centre was pillaged by armed men; there...
Over the past two days, 34 wounded have been treated in MSF's medical health posts in Nairobi's Mathare and Kibera slums. Among these patients, eight suffered from bullet wounds. Several wounded have been referred to hospitals. It was in Mathare slum that the MSF team has received the most wounded...
Since the violence started on 23 December in Kurram Agency, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) assessed the situation and is responding to the needs of the population. This is the second time within a year that sectarian clashes have resulted in prolonged...
After 23 years, the international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is ending its presence in Peru. Its last remaining project, providing medical care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the slum of Villa El Salvador, Lima, has been handed over to the Ministry of Health. MSF...
Forty days after starting an emergency assistance operation for people affected by Cyclone Sidr, which heavily hit southern Bangladesh on 16 November 2007, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has ended its programme in the area now that the health situation...
Since 23 December, a sectarian clash is underway in Kurram Agency, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Mortars have exploded within the vicinity of Alizai and Sadda Hospitals, where the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides assistance. The town of Alizai has...
