The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is demanding that parties involved in the conflict in Libya grant it access to violence-affected areas, including the dispatch of humanitarian supplies. On March 1, the MSF team in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi...
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- A million children immunized, Chechnya -- overcoming operational challenges, Malawi -- 10 years of antiretrovirals, Lebanon -- Healing invisible wounds
Last Friday, the first MSF team was able to cross the Egyptian border, on the Eastern side of the country, and reach the town of Benghazi in Libya. For the past three days, the team has been assessing the situation in the hospitals of Al-Jalaa, Al-Hawari, 7 October and in the Benghazi Medical...
The first MSF team reached Benghazi Thursday evening. Three medical facilities were visited: Al Jalaa hospital, Al Hawari hospital and Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC). Each of them is well equipped and managed to deal with the wounded and medical needs. However, they are facing some shortages of...
We have an easy morning on Friday in our operating theatre but when we set off for lunch, there’s a pregnant lady bleeding severely while she’s in labour.
First MSF Team Arrives in Benghazi, More Doctors and Supplies on the Way While a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical team inside Libya attempts to reach health facilities trying to cope with high numbers of injured people, additional MSF teams with medical supplies, including necessary surgical...
Today there’s a 14 year old girl coming in our hospital with a gangrenous left hand and forearm. Actually she fell and got her bone broken above her left elbow 2 months ago.
An Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team of six has crossed the border from Egypt into Eastern Libya with a truckload of medicines and medical materials. The team is now travelling to areas where medical facilities have reported many wounded people as a result of violent confrontations. MSF is...
As civil unrest leads to violent clashes in a number of countries in the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean region, emergency staff from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) provide support to fill gaps in the medical services for people injured in the protests. In those countries where MSF has been able...
Since early December 2010, following the post election violence and tension in Ivory Coast, tens of thousands of Ivorian fleeing their country have sought refuge at the Liberian border. Up to more than 38,000 people, mainly women and children, are reported to have arrived in the Liberian County of...
