In a briefing organized by the journalist association “Association des Correspondents Auprès des Nations Unies” (ACUNU) in Geneva, Dr Joanne Liu, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), gave an account of her recent visit to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, sharing what MSF...
It has been nine months since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines and MSF started its intervention in the country. In Guiuan, where the typhoon first struck the low lying island chain, MSF has finished the construction of a semi-permanent hospital – the Transitional Felipe Abrigo Memorial...
Eleven days after militants from the Islamic State (IS) group stormed the district of Sinjar in Ninewa governorate, Iraq, a constant stream of thousands of exhausted people are crossing into Syria every day. They are heading to the relative safety of the northern border between Syria and Iraq...
Additional information: How do health workers protect themselves from infection? Ebola patients need to be treated in isolation by staff wearing protective clothing. One of MSF’s main priorities in an Ebola outbreak is to train health staff to reduce the risk of transmission while caring for...
What is the status of research for Ebola vaccines and treatment ? We are in regular contact with researchers and we are aware that there are a handful of Ebola drugs and vaccines currently in early stages of development. There are a couple of drug candidates that have shown real promise among non-...
Emergency teams from the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are continuing their efforts to fight the Ebola epidemic in west Africa. The disease has claimed 932 lives, according to the World Health Organization, since the outbreak began in March this year. Over recent...
Michele Beck, a medical referent with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is in Gaza City. Here she explains what MSF teams have and have not been able to do in the last few days. A 72-hour truce began this morning, but it did not last long. During the truce we had planned to go to Nasser hospital in...
With the recent wave of fighting extending every day, MSF teams are currently responding to the needs of the population in several locations in Iraq. In Najaf governorate, in southern Iraq, MSF is monitoring the situation closely and preparing an emergency response for a potential influx of...
Since the start of the war, several Palestinian members of the Médecins Sans Frontières team in Gaza have taken refuge in the organisation's premises. There they feel safer, and find a little comfort through supporting each other. Distraught by their powerlessness to protect their own children and...
Yesterday’s attack on Al Shifa hospital, where nearly 2,000 people are sheltering, demonstrates how civilians have nowhere safe to go and shows the current difficulties of providing emergency aid in Gaza. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the 28 July attack on Gaza City’s Al Shifa...
