Dr Awais YAGUB is a Pakistani doctor and an MSF deputy medical coordinator in Pakistan. He is currently working in Charsadda, one of the districts hardest hit by the floods. What is the situation like today in Charsadda district? Many houses in the district were flooded by water and half of the...
MSF calls for more and better mental health care for the victims of the armed conflict The victims of the Colombian conflict not only suffer from the direct consequences of violence caused by the on-going conflict but also suffer from social and institutional stigma and neglect in Colombia. The...
During the weekend, MSF has completed several surveys to get a better picture of people’s needs following the worst floods in Pakistan in 80 years. MSF is now expanding activities to include water and sanitation provision, and is also distributing kits containing hygiene products, cooking utensils...
All other MSF medical facilities in Jonglei and Sudan continue Following three separate security incidents in one of its remote healthcare clinics, international emergency medical aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend all activities in Gumuruk, Jonglei State...
Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s north-western region has directly affected 400,000 people and caused widespread destruction to houses and infrastructure. MSF is currently assessing the situation in order to tailor its response to this emergency. MSF is carrying out exploratory missions in Swat...
From where Esther Goba sat watching two football teams clad in “HIV POSITIVE” t-shirts competing in a football tournament in Limbe, Malawi, she wouldn’t strike you as someone who is at the frontlines of the life-or-death match against HIV/AIDS.
MSF calls for impartial access to health care Five weeks after violent clashes erupted in the south of Kyrgyzstan and despite an apparent return to a more peaceful situation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctors, psychologists and nurses continue to deal with cases of violence on a daily basis...
An upsurge in attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in late April caused thousands of people to leave their homes and head for the small rural town of Zémio, in the southeast of the Central African Republic (CAR). Since May, MSF has been providing medical support for the displaced people as...
How strange it would be if the players in a World Cup winning side were to meet just five days before the deciding match for the very first time to train together and then take the title with a convincing victory…
