The French section of MSF hopes to obtain authorization to resume its activities as quickly as possible Ten weeks after MSF's authorization to treat malnutrition in the Maradi region was suspended, the French section of Médecins Sans Frontières is no longer providing any medical-nutritional...
Getting life-saving malaria care to many more patients In a new report launched today (30th September 2008), the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said many more lives can be saved if newer effective strategies to tackle malaria are more widely implemented. The...
The MSF teams are proving care to the victims of violence Last week, several villages in South Sudan and neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were attacked by an armed group. Violence resulted in several people killed and injured and the displacement of civilians. According to the...
A World Health Organisation meeting to develop new recommendations for the treatment of malnutrition will have a far-reaching impact on the quality of food aid and nutrition programmes for infants and young children, according to the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF...
With the floodwater now fully receded in storm-ravaged Gonaives, the streets are covered in mud and garbage. People are living in harsh, dirty conditions without widespread access to clean water. Since its arrival in Gonaives on September 4, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have carried out 2,...
In July 2008, MSF, in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Health, launched a health campaign in the remote district of Asmat, in Papua. The project, which should last for two and a half months, provides prophylaxis treatment for filariasis to the semi-nomadic population of the district...
Papua is the most easterly and the least developed province of Indonesia. Médecins Sans Frontières began providing primary healthcare in the district of Asmat, on the southwestern coast of the island two years ago. In this remote area, covered by mangroves, tidal swamps and lowland forests, access...
Around four weeks have passed since the Saptakoshi (Koshi) River burst its banks, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced in India and neighbouring Nepal. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) responded immediately, providing emergency assistance in both countries. In Nepal, our teams are...
A combination of several factors, including droughts and a dramatic rise in food prices in the country have resulted in the spread of malnutrition across some regions of Ethiopia this year. In mid-May MSF started emergency nutritional activities in the Oromiya and Southern Nations and Nationalities...
In Araria and Supaul, two of the worst affected districts where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing humanitarian assistance, tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the floods and are now waiting in camps. Some had to abandon their homes in the middle of the night, while others...
