Diseases must be tackled together in order to pre-empt another crisis The number of severely malnourished children expected to be treated in the Sahel region in 2013 amounts to 1.4 million; 1 out of 5 children in Niger. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has seen an increase in the number of...
An explosion on 20 April at the gate of the District Headquarter Hospital in Khar, Bajaur Agency injured and killed several people, leading Médecins Sans Frontières to insist that medical structures and patients be spared from violence. MSF is working in Bajaur, which borders Afghanistan, calls for...
I went to Syria to set up a mother-and-child health programme in one of the MSF hospitals in Syria. At that time there was no other female medic in the hospital. So I found myself confronted with considerable responsibilities and a huge workload. When I arrived, the maternal health activities for...
MSF calls on GAVI and pharmaceutical companies to extend discounts so more children can be reached On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by BAN Ki-Moon, Bill GATES and General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed AL NAHYAN, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
Fifteen-year old Sameera* had already been in labour for two days when her family decided to leave the valleys and farming plots of Jurajeem to seek the help of a doctor. After a day’s journey they arrived in Um Baru, a town in the Dar Zaghawa region of Sudan, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
Central African Republic MSF teams have been targeted and suffered many robberies and threats while MSF facilities were looted. Teams in Batangafo and Kabo were evacuated due to insecurity, leaving the population without medical care. MSF calls on the new government of the country to restore order...
Some 70,000 refugees from Mali are living in difficult conditions in the middle of the Mauritanian desert, with ethnic tensions in northern Mali quashing any hopes of a swift return home. A report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) entitled “Stranded in the desert” calls on aid for...
The registered number of refugees gathering at the Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, is increasing daily. While 700 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day, the services provided in the camp remain insufficient to cope with mounting needs. Every day up to 1,000...
