Dr Gopal Shinde spent three months treating victims of the Syrian war in Jordan. He describes the challenges of war surgery, and how his patients kept him going. When news of the earthquake in Nepal
Amsterdam – International humanitarian organisations must immediately be granted independent and unfettered access, including for international staff, to alleviate massive humanitarian needs in Rakhine State, Myanmar, says the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans
After 14 years of presence in Kurram district, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is withdrawing from the area. The authorities have refused to issue a no objection
An open letter from MSF International President Dr Joanne Liu to European government leaders Dear European Leaders, What migrants and refugees are living in Libya should shock the collective conscience of Europe’s citizens and elected leaders.
Kutupalong, Bangladesh – Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh urgently require medical and humanitarian assistance, as an already dire humanitarian situation along the border with Myanmar worsens. By 6 September, over 146,000 people had crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing violence in
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya. For more than a year, the international humanitarian organisation has been providing medical
Maiduguri, Nigeria: The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up its ongoing efforts to prevent further deaths and the spread of cholera in Maiduguri. The organisation is working in coordination with the
How doctors take healthcare to people who would otherwise struggle to access it Nearly 400km south of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, lies a town called Bijapur. It is the kind of town that now
Geneva/New York/New Delhi, 22 August 2017 – Hopes for improved access to an affordable pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) that safeguards both children and adults from pneumonia were dealt a major blow after the Indian patent
MSF international president Dr Joanne Liu just came back from Kananga city in Kasai Central province (Democratic Republic of Congo). Here are her impressions of the ongoing crisis there. During my recent visit to Kasai
In an effort to provide full transparency on its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea, MSF has created a dedicated website. This comes at a time when the public debate in
This collection of files includes an overview of the whole process of conducting a mortality survey and templates for concept papers, the protocol, questionnaires and consent and other related forms. Surveys that use this standardised
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