Following the massacre in Boguila and abuses against civilians, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reduces medical activities in the Central African Republic (CAR) and related projects in neighbouring countries. In protest against the brutal killing of 16 civilians, including three of its humanitarian...
Accounts of gruesome targeted killings; consequences of the violence leaves thousands in peril Juba, 28 April 2014: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unspeakable acts of violence in Bentiu, South Sudan, during and after a major battle on 15 April. Tens of thousands of people have had to...
Sixteen civilians, including three national staff members with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), were killed during an armed robbery on MSF hospital grounds in the northern town of Boguila, in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday afternoon (26 April). MSF strongly condemns the unprovoked...
New MSF study shows a tetanus vaccine remains effective for up to a month when used outside of a strict cold chain The need for vaccines to be kept constantly cold is proving a major barrier in improving poor immunisation coverage rates, with one in five children born each year missing out on life-...
The international medical humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is sending 8 teams to assist those affected by the Earthquake in Nepal. Four MSF teams departed this morning from Bihar state in India and are currently at the border with Nepal...
MSF is deploying more than 60 international staff and 270 Guinean and Liberian staff to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has so far claimed 135 lives according to official numbers. MSF is supporting local health authorities by caring for infected patients and implementing...
Interview with MSF epidemiologist Kamiliny KALAHNE What is Ebola? Ebola is a disease caused by a filovirus – which just means a thread-type virus. It’s a virus that we think has been around for a long time. There is good evidence that it lives in bats, and people generally come into contact with it...
Lives at risk if action not immediately taken In a shocking display of indifference, senior United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) officials have refused to improve living conditions for 21,000 displaced people living in a flood-prone part of a UN compound, exposed to waterborne diseases...
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda ripped through the central Philippines on 8 November 2013, it caused a disaster of a scale unprecedented in the past century in the country, MSF immediately launched emergency interventions.
