MSF Frontières is responding to latest outburst of violence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast On March 17, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working with Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Health at the Abobo Sud Hospital treated 66 wounded people following violent attacks in the densely-populated Abidjan...
Increasingly intense armed confrontations over recent weeks in Ivory Coast, together with political gridlock, have had serious consequences on the country’s population, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Fighting has led to new...
As fighting in eastern Libya once again escalates, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sees itself forced to withdraw its staff from Benghazi. The teams have moved to Alexandria in Egypt, or are on their way there. They will try to continue supporting Libyan health facilities, primarily through...
On Tuesday, members of the 11-person MSF team in the area devastated by last week’s earthquake and tsunamis worked in evacuation centres with local medical staff in a small, isolated community in Miyagi prefecture. “There were two local doctors in Minamisanriku who have been working in around 20...
MSF treats 24 wounded Fighting in western Upper Nile and northern Jonglei, South Sudan, during the weekend led to an influx of wounded people at Malakal hospital. Medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported the Ministry of Health (MoH) facility to provide urgent medical care...
As access improves in the region devastated by the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunamis in northeast Japan, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is finding serious needs among pockets of populations in areas that had previously been impossible to reach by road. MSF currently has a team of 10 people divided...
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) team sent to the area devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis in northeast Japan continues to assist in the massive government-led relief effort. The team has expanded to 10 people, with further personnel being sent on Monday. “On Sunday...
On Saturday evening, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) assessment team reached the area of northeast Japan hit by the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake. “In some places, we saw that houses and buildings had been completely destroyed. Local people said the water from the tsunami had gone down...
