Dr Jose BAFOA has been in Gao, Mali for five months as Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) medical team leader. The volatile situation in the past few days around Gao has caused a decrease in the number of patients arriving to MSF facilities, but Dr. Bafoa says the priority for him and his teams is to...
Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report In a report released today (13 Feb), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) highlights violence, displacement and food shortages as salient features of Somalia’s humanitarian landscape. The report, entitled “Hear My Voice”,...
Afghanistan On 26 January, a bomb blasted in the northern Kunduz province, MSF received 22 patients in its surgical hospital. Apart from Kunduz, MSF also works in Helmand and Khost provinces. The Democratic Republic of Congo From 26 December 2012 to 19 January 2013, MSF teams vaccinated 65,082...
A week of heavy rain has left parts of Mozambique severely affected by flooding. On 25 January 2013 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent a team to Gaza province, one of the hardest hit areas, and launched an emergency response in the city of Chokwe, 225 km north of the capital. Lucas MOLFINO, MSF’s...
Greater protection needed for vulnerable communities and threatened staff – MSF Eight months since deadly communal clashes first broke out in Rakhine state, Myanmar - tens of thousands of people are still unable to access urgently needed medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on...
New MSF survey shows half of refugees not receiving required medical care; Immediate steps must be taken to improve shelter and provide aid to new arrivals Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home to seek safety in Lebanon do not receive anywhere near adequate levels of humanitarian...
Katrin KISSWANI headed MSF’s activities in northern Syria for two months. ‘We’ve been working mainly in the Jabal Al-Akkrad region, in the north of Idlib governorate, which is fairly mountainous and close to the border with Turkey. While some of these areas haven’t suffered the same frequency and...
An epidemic of hepatitis E is escalating across refugee camps in Maban County, South Sudan. So far MSF has treated 3991 patients in its health facilities in the camps and has recorded 88 deaths, including 15 pregnant women. Hepatitis E is a virus that causes liver disease and can lead to acute...
In Guinea, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a network of community health agents as part of its strategy to tackle malaria. These volunteers show a real commitment to working for the wellbeing of their communities. André Millimouno is a builder by trade, but in September 2010 this cheerful...
65,082 children, aged 6 months to 15 years, in the region of Bunyakiri (in South Kivu, DRC) have been vaccinated against measles by MSF teams in the last month. The campaign had to be briefly suspended in the north of the region due to the volatile situation of security in the area where several...
