MSF surgeon David Nott returned from Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two weeks ago. In one 24 hour period, two MSF surgical teams treated 75 patients, all victims of gunshot wounds. "It is important to understand that this was 75 people, not just 75 wounds, some of the patients had...
Helen O'NEILL is Operational Advisor with emergency medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). She recently returned after having worked with the MSF teams in the Kivu region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where today thousands of people are...
On Wednesday 29 October, an MSF team reached the Ziarat area, the area most severely affected by a series of earthquakes. The force of the earthquake has destroyed most of the houses build of mud and people were forced to sleep out in the cold. Approximately 150,000 people live in Ziarat district...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Calls On the Niger Government, UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) to Take Action in Maradi and Ensure that Malnourished Children Receive Treatment to the Extent Needed On July 18, 2008, the Niger government terminated, suddenly and without explanation, the...
The humanitarian situation in the Kivu region of northeastern Congo is continuing to deteriorate rapidly. Over the weekend, intense fighting erupted around the town of Rutshuru, some 70 kilometers from the provincial capital, Goma. On Sunday, MSF medical teams in Rutshuru treated 70 war wounded and...
In the early hours of this morning, Médecins Sans Frontières sent a team directly from Quetta to Ziarat in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan, where reports are that this is the worst hit area. The region has been hit by an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale. Blankets have been...
After major floods, health problems like diarrhea, respiratory infections and skin problems are common. MSF teams provide primary healthcare and distribute basic items to limit people's exposure to cold, rain and contaminated water. Floods caused widespread destruction in Bihar state after the Kosi...
MSF is extremely concerned about recent comments made by Sudanese government representatives that the aid organization's activities in South Darfur may be suspended after 31 October. In February 2008, based on the health needs of displaced people and local residents, the Dutch branch of MSF signed...
Mankaza, 15, tried to get away inconspicuously from the other girls at her boarding school in southern Zimbabwe. But before she could leave the hall some of her classmates started jeering and soon all joined in, "Where are you going Mankaza? Mankaza's going to juice up, Mankaza's going to juice up...
"Many people said this years festival of lights was the best ever! It didn't start that well – at first people were concerned that they did not have the candles or the means to celebrate. However, our counselors encouraged women to form groups and to pool resources. The result exceeded everyone's...
