Since January 2010, MSF has been running a kala azar treatment centre in the state of Al-Gedaref in eastern Sudan. We talk to the doctor in charge of the project. Dr Dagemlidet WORKU has extensive experience of working with kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis), a disease that is neglected by...
Hundreds of people died and hundreds of others were seriously wounded during an outbreak of violence that occurred in the Duékoué region of western Ivory Coast between March 28 and 30. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgical team treated many of the war wounded at nearby Bangolo Hospital, following...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) evacuated 99 people, including 64 war-wounded and 35 accompanying persons, by boat on Friday 15 April from Misrata to Zarzis, Tunisia. This operation took place two weeks after a first boat evacuation of 71 war-wounded people by the international medical organisation...
As traffic starts to circulate around Abidjan once again, the wounded continue to arrive at Abobo Sud hospital where MSF is working. Having been restricted to the hospital for the past 10 days, the team is now extending activities. Interview with Issoufou SALHA, MSF head of mission: What have the...
On Sunday 10th April, MSF teams have been attacked in two different areas in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. In one of the incidents, two MSF staff were injured by gunshots. MSF is extremely concerned about the worsening security situation in South Kivu and condemns violence perpetrated...
Following an attack against a military bus in the suburb of Ahmed Shah Baba in eastern Kabul on Saturday, April 9, 2011, seven people with medium to severe injuries were treated in the emergency department of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital. MSF medical staff...
Following the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) restarted activities in December 2010. MSF teams are providing people with medical assistance and supporting hospitals in several locations in Ivory Coast as well as on the other side of the border in neighbouring...
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today condemned the use of medical facilities in Bahrain to crack down on protestors, which is making it impossible for those wounded during clashes to seek treatment. A report released today by MSF illustrates how...
A few days ago the decision was made to organise a medical evacuation (or Medevac) of patients from Misrata, in Libya – where medical facilities have been overwhelmed due to the ongoing violence – to neighbouring Tunisia. The hospital in Misrata has been closed for several days due to heavy...
A team of six MSF Japanese psychologists have started working with the survivors of the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeast of the country. MSF sent a team to the area the day after the quake and tsunami flattened coastal areas in the northeast, and have continued to work in the area since...
