2016

Four major reference hospitals that it supports have been hit by bombing and shelling in opposition controlled areas in Rural Damascus Governorate, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). While Aleppo continues to be a focus of attention – military, diplomatic and humanitarian - these incidents...

Christopher Stokes, MSF General Director Today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is remembering one of the darkest moments in its history. On 3 October 2015, U.S. airstrikes killed 42 people and destroyed the MSF trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. As we grieve the loss of our colleagues and...

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demands that the Syrian and allied governments stop the bombing that is provoking a bloodbath among civilians in the city. On 28 September, just hours before the UNSC met to discuss the implementation of resolution 2286 on the protection of...

Two hospitals in eastern Aleppo were severely damaged last night during the ongoing, indiscriminate bombing of the city and have been forced to halt all activities. These attacks caused the death of at least two patients inside the hosp itals and injured two medical staff members as well. Both of...

Dr. Joanne Liu, MSF International President Speech before United Nations Security Council, 28 September, 2016 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Last week the world witnessed a savage attack on a United Nations and Syrian Red Crescent humanitarian convoy, and on a hospital near Aleppo. Secretary...

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply shocked by the 19 September attack on an aid convoy aiming to help people in need in Aleppo governorate, Syria. A UN and SARC convoy was hit and a number of SARC personnel lost their lives trying to deliver aid to the people of Urm Al...

As UN General Assembly starts, MSF urges governments to set medical research policies that align with people’s health needs New MSF report exposes pharma industry failings and highlights new ways of researching and developing medicines that address public health needs Governments must do more to...