MSF's emergency response to the Nepal earthquake is now taking shape with approximately 38 staff on the ground in Nepal. Their first impressions of the capital, Katmandu are that it has experienced relatively low level destruction, with the vast majority of buildings and houses still standing...
Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have arrived in Nepal and are currently assessing the most urgent medical needs. Further teams are expected to arrive in Nepal later today and over the coming days. One 17-member team is in Kathmandu. They have carried out an initial...
At least 11 people have been killed and 67 injured since 21 April during constant airstrikes and shelling in Haradh district, northwestern Yemen, said Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders today. The 67 wounded were treated by MSF medical staff in Haradh public hospital, which is...
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is supporting the Sudanese Ministry of Health (MoH) to respond to a measles outbreak in parts of Sudan. In North Darfur, a mass vaccination was launched at the end of March, 2015 to stem the outbreak and increase the immunisation coverage in the population. To date,...
Figures from a warzone in the Mediterranean: a mass grave created by European policies Faced with another tragedy in the Mediterranean sea, European Member States must urgently launch large-scale search and rescue activities in order to avoid more deaths at sea, Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors...
Thirty people injured in airstrikes in Huth district on Wednesday night have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF), the organisation says. The wounded were treated at Al-Salam Hospital, which MSF runs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the town of...
Refugees in Kenya need assistance and a safe place to stay Calls by Kenyan officials to close Dadaab refugee camp, in northeastern Kenya, within three months and forcibly return its residents to Somalia would have dramatic and life-threatening consequences for hundreds of thousands of people, warns...
While people would imagine the poor living condition in Africa, experiencing it in South Sudan Gogrial is a very unique experience to me. Most of the Sudaneses in the south live in mud huts, locally known as Tukul.
A cargo plane chartered by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carrying 15 tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies landed in Sana’a on 13 April, but continued and increased access to the country is still required. The plane which flew from Djibouti has delivered emergency medical kits comprising of...
