2012

Working for water supply is my expertise. And working for latrines is my interest. I love to share with friends about water supply before dinner, and share with friends about toilet construction after dinner.

© Robin HAMMOND
In the refugee camps of Kenya and beyond, psychologists are an integral part of the teams of MSF. For World Mental Health Day, we look at the vital role they play in helping people overcome trauma. Siyad Abdi AR was 16 when he was abused by gunmen in Somalia. Eight years later, the mental scars...
Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) continues to fully support the families of Blanca THIEBAUT and Montserrat SERRA who were abducted from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, while working to help Somali refugees in need. MSF once again states its anger and shock over this act of violence and demands their...
This new attack threatens MSF medical mission Patients at a surgical hospital in Aden had to be evacuated and staff were forced to shut down the facility following tensions and shooting that took place in and around the compound on 27th September, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said recently. “Two...
The last children under treatment for severely malnutrition left the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) feeding centre in the southern Somali city of Kismayo as parents fear the impact of imminent fighting on the city. Over recent weeks, the threat of armed conflict has significantly disrupted the...
Escalating violence has forced international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend medical services in two out of three of its facilities in Pibor county in Jonglei state, South Sudan, leaving up to 90,000 people deprived of essential medical care. Due to the...
The Israeli blockade in place since 2007 makes it extremely difficult for anyone to leave the Gaza Strip, so Palestinian health professionals have not been able to go abroad for training and to update their knowledge and skills. One of the objectives of MSF's programme in Gaza is therefore to...
MSF calls for immediate action This week, government leaders gather in Geneva on the occasion of the 63rd UNHCR Executive Committee, while in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, Somali refugees continue to live in extreme conditions amid a climate of fear. The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
The conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened to such an extent that Congolese staff working for the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in North Kivu province now fear for their safety. Most of the Congolese health workers and support staff employed by MSF in Pinga have...
Syria: An undercover hospital South Sudan: An improved situation in Yida Ethiopia: Sudanese refugees displaced Guinea & Sierra Leone: "Coastal Cholera" Uganda: Containing Ebola Philippines: Torrential rains
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