An open letter to the United Nations As UN humanitarian organisations agree to further mobilise resources in response to the humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic, MSF has released an open letter addressed to Valérie AMOS, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
Ms. Valerie AMOS Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator United Nations Geneva, 12 December 2013 Dear Ms. Amos, With this Open Letter, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wishes to express its deep concern about the unacceptable performance of the United Nations...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on all parties involved in the current conflict in the CAR to allow the wounded and ill to safely obtain the critical medical care they need. MSF calls for an end to violence against patients, civilians and medical staff working in health care facilities in...
One month after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is still working on three of the country’s hardest-hit islands, providing healthcare for people in remote areas and supporting the health system as it recovers. One month after Typhoon Haiyan, which killed 5,600...
Thousands of displaced have fled violence in Bangui, regrouping in several sites around the city. Hundreds of wounded are have been treated following attacks on the 5th of December. MSF is extending activities to continue to treat wounded and provide health services to around 14,000 displaced...
Since early this morning there have been violent clashes, shooting and explosions in a number of areas of Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). Armed groups have launched an offensive on the city. The ex-Seleka forces have retaliated. There are dead bodies in the streets, according...
“I was the only midwife on the day Sedra’s* mother came to MSF’s hospital in Syria,” says Amanda GODBALLE, a Danish midwife for MSF. “She was only six months pregnant, but the delivery had already begun. She was expecting her first children – two twin girls. There was no way to stop the delivery as...
Four in five refugees in the camps at Dadaab do not want to return to Somalia given the current climate of insecurity, finds an MSF assessment An agreement to begin the voluntary repatriation of Somalis from Kenya could potentially be a positive step, but must not happen at the expense of providing...
‘Patent opposition’ seeks to ensure production of affordable generics Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports the ‘patent opposition’ just filed at India’s Patent Office by the Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), which aims to prevent US pharmaceutical company Gilead/...
MSF renews call to the international community, especially UN agencies, to increase its response to the ongoing crisis A further wave of mass displacement in the town of Bouca, northeastern Central African Republic (CAR), following fresh clashes between reported anti-balaka elements and ex-Séléka...
