The mango season is over here in Gweru, but everything else, for me, is just beginning. The slow learning of language and landscape that makes me feel like an infant again. Adjusting to a climate that finds me shivering in the early hours and then
International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is expressing grave concern for the health and lives of thousands of survival migrants and refugees entering and living in South Africa. Sexual violence, appalling living conditions, police harassment, threats of...
In a new report published today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Oxfam International warn that the global approach to ensure access to life-saving vaccines for children in the poorest countries is hampered by high prices and is now facing an acute funding crisis. “The report, entitled Giving...
On 5 May 2010 a private dispute escalated into a violent clash in the area surrounding Hawa Abdi clinic in Somalia. This triggered the occupation of the medical premises. An armed group continues to be present in some parts of the clinic compound and a number of MSF non-medical staff are still...
On 5 May 2010 the medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to temporarily suspend its activities in Hawa Abdi clinic, after a security incident not related to MSF’s activities degenerated into a major clash. The clinic was taken over by armed men and some Somali staff...
Fiona FISHER, a medical doctor working for MSF in Manipur, India tells Vanlalsiam's story. Vanlalsiam is currently 11 yrs old. His parents and 2 siblings have all died (we assume due to HIV/AIDS) and so he is cared for by his grandmother. He has been attending MSF's Singngat clinic here in Manipur...
Nearly 400,000 children and young adults have been recently vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis in Zinder, Maradi and Madaoua localities. MSF is supporting the Ministry of Health with the organisation and logistics of the vaccination campaign, which ran from the 13th to the 25th of April...
As the European Commission (EC) and India meet for closed-door negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this week, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns this is the last chance to remove provisions that will block access to life-saving medicines...
On the 27th of April 2010, the Sierra Leone government will start implementing a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and children under five. MSF welcomes the government’s commitment to the new policy and hopes that this will improve the access to healthcare for...
How do you feed a baby with no maman? To most of us, the answer to this question is not complicated: formula milk. When I ask this question in Central African Republic(CAR); peoples expressions become serious and dark; "impossible".
