Central Mediterranean – Responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean, a total of 141 people were rescued on Friday by the search and rescue vessel Aquarius, chartered by SOS MEDITERRANEE and operated in
Amsterdam – Independent humanitarian agencies remain largely blocked from accessing vulnerable communities in northern Rakhine, raising major concerns about unmet medical and humanitarian needs, said the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). On
During the first week of intervention, our teams have set up isolation and treatment units in the epicentre of the crisis and are providing support for the local health system to remain fully functional. MSF
Following the recent offensive by forces loyal to President Hadi and supported by the Saudi and Emirati-led international coalition on Hodeidah, Doctors Without Borders/Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a 20-bed surgical field hospital in Mocha,
Marseille/Amsterdam – The rescue boat Aquarius, run in partnership between SOS MEDITERRANEE and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), sets sail today from Marseille after an extended port call. Aquarius is heading back to the Central
The end of Ebola; medical needs in Mosul; nutritional crisis in Chad; and other stories you might have missed this month Congolese health workers celebrate as the first frontline worker is vaccinated in Bikoro,
On 24 July 2018, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially declared the country’s Ebola epidemic over. The outbreak was declared on 8 May 2018, in northeast DRC. “Doctors Without
Virginia is a Malawian sex worker living in Beira, Mozambique. She works to support her nephew and nieces after their parents died from HIV. Virginia recently found out she was HIV positive but is afraid
RCEP trade deal could cut medicines lifeline for people in developing countries Bangkok/Geneva – As the sixteen countries negotiating Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement meet in Bangkok this week for another round of closed-door
US government exerting extreme pressure, threatening not to endorse declaration New York – Countries negotiating the final declaration text for the first-ever UN High-level Meeting on Tuberculosis in September are being put under significant pressure
One year since the battle between the Islamic State (IS) group and the Iraqi forces officially ended in Mosul, the health system is still in ruins and struggling to cope as thousands of people continue
Name : Designation : Miriam Alia, an MSF vaccination expert, has just returned from Equateur province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Miriam worked as a medical referent in the area of Itipo, the
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