A measles epidemic is sweeping through districts of northern Syria, with up to 7,000 known cases, an indication that humanitarian needs are increasing and the country’s healthcare system is in a state of collapse after more than two years of civil war. Teams from MSF have vaccinated more than 75,...
An outbreak of malaria in Lulingu (South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo) is affecting large numbers of people, prompting an emergency response by MSF, whose teams have treated more than 2,500 people since the start of May. Local authorities initially feared they were facing an outbreak of...
Thousands At-Risk of Death as Rainy and Malaria Season Approaches An estimated120,000 people have fled fighting in and around the main towns in Pibor County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state and are now hiding in unsafe and malaria-infested swamps without access to safe drinking water, food, or...
Afghanistan MSF strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities following the attack on an office of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad on 29 May. Central African Republic Three months after a coup d’etat, MSF has opened a new emergency health...
On June 7th, the United Nations convenes in Geneva for a joint launch of the Syria humanitarian assistance plan for 2013. Dr Mego TERZIAN, President of MSF delivered a speech and relay our call to the UN and to all relevant States asking for an urgent increase of the level of assistance for the...
Three months after a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) continues to scale up activities to respond to ten of thousands of people who have been left without access to basic healthcare. MSF has opened a new emergency health project in Bossangoa, north of the...
After more than two years of raging conflict in Syria, humanitarian assistance inside the country and in neighbouring states hosting Syrian refugees remains far below massive and growing needs. As the United Nations convenes in Geneva on June 7, Médecins Sans Frontières calls upon it and all...
We just finished a medical mission in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. My friend and fellow anaesthetist looked at me incredulously after learning that I accepted a medical assignment to Pakistan with MSF.
