During the International Council meeting of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amsterdam this weekend, Dr. Unni KARUNAKARA has been installed as the new International President of the medical humanitarian organisation. He takes over from Dr. Christophe Fournier, and will head MSF’s worldwide...
The Thwala family gathers around the small radio set to listen to the commentary of the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament match kicks off. The excitement in the little four-roomed house is so huge, neighbours walking past can almost feel it.
Leorne RAYMOND, victim of the January earthquake. She has broken her left thigh bone, left leg bones and a broken right ankle. She was put on tibial traction for the treatment of her femoral fracture, an external fixator for her leg fracture.
25 wounded, two dead, at a hospital in Osh on Monday 21st June The situation is still very tense in Osh and Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan, where violent clashes killed hundreds since June 10th. MSF teams are on the ground providing medical care to the victims and displaced and giving support to...
There are six African teams in the World Cup 2010 - and another six in the HALFTIME! 5-a-side tournament planned for Friday July 2 in Johannesburg. Swaziland is one of the determined soccer teams of HalfTime!
We have a 26 year old man coming in with an infected swollen right leg and having a fever. He is a victim of the earthquake with the last 2 toes amputated.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff worked together with local hospital staff at Boost hospital, Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, to treat 24 wounded after four explosions occurred in the city centre on Sunday morning, 20th June “Patients started arriving at the emergency room twenty...
Think of the global fight against HIV/AIDS as the deciding match during a global football tournament... The massive international response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic has reached the HALFTIME mark after a decade of impressive progress.
World leaders meeting at the G8 and G20 summits will not succeed in improving mother and child health in the developing world unless they fundamentally change how they address malnutrition and establish new sustainable funding sources to combat this treatable and preventable condition, the...
