Alice ECHUMBE has shared her experience in Democratic Republic of Congo as the supervisor of Jamaa Letu Centre in Baraka South Kivu. In South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a hospital in the town of Baraka, along with three...
"You have to know your limitations, we are not God." my teammate said.
My eyes were red, from too many sleepless nights by being on call. They were getting redder and a bit moist.
Following the displacement of people as a result of violence in neighbouring Mali, close to 10,000 Malians have found refuge in the Tillabéry region in Niger. A team from the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) travelled to the area to evaluate the most pressing needs...
The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said. While MSF cannot work directly in Syria, it has...
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been providing mental healthcare in two refugee camps in Lebanon for the past three years, both to Palestinian refugees and to vulnerable Lebanese in the area. Now MSF has opened a new project in northern Lebanon, following the arrival of 4,500 Syrians who have...
Over the four decades, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing independent medical humanitarian assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. Our work could not be done without the continuous and stable support of our...
On the 11th of January 2012, MSF concluded a physiotherapists’ training project in partnership with the Gaza health authority. The joint training program in the field of burn cases rehabilitation was a result of constant efforts of MSF and the Gaza health authority physical therapy and...
Four-year old Khalif has been under treatment in MSF’s in-patient therapeutic feeding centre in the southern Somali town of Kismayo for just over two weeks when his mother, Abshiro GEDI, tells his remarkable story. The family lives in Mayondo village, around 60 kms. North of Kismayo, in an area...
By Unni Karunakara, International President of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Performing a spinal tap under field conditions is nerve-wracking. Sticking a needle into someone’s spine to extract spinal fluid is painful and risky and that’s just the doctor’s perspective. But it’s also something that...
The Gates Foundation-hosted conference held in London on 30th January, ‘Uniting To Combat Tropical Diseases’, draws attention to devastating tropical illnesses that have been neglected for too long. However, the ambitious goals to eliminate or control ten neglected tropical diseases will only be...
