Parts of three Indian States – Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana – have been caught up in longstanding conflict between the Maoist groups (known as Naxalites or Naxals), and the Indian Government. This conflict has
The latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea, in which hundreds of people drowned after a boat carrying around 600 people capsized, underscores the severe lack of adequate search and rescue operations in the area, says
A picture made available on 04 August 2015 shows people carrying their belongings as they pass through a flooded street in Min Pyar township of Rakhine State, Myanmar, 02 August 2015. Myanmar’s president declared four
One year ago, Hadji Charmeed’s family had to make the most difficult decision of their lives. “I am unable to walk because of my previous injury in war,” says Hadji, looking at his partly amputated
Interview with Bertrand Draguez, MSF Medical Director An interim review published today in the medical journal The Lancet indicates very promising results for one of the Ebola Vaccine candidates. The interim review states that the
By Dr Mégo Terzian, President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Since the fighting began at the end of March between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia led-coalition forces, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Name : Designation : Dr Chandni, an anaesthetist from Agra, India, spent 10 weeks in Papua New Guinea with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). In this letter written upon her return earlier
Three months after two earthquakes killed an estimated 8,500 people and injured another 20,000 in Nepal, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reducing its operations. The international medical humanitarian organisation will nonetheless
Vancouver, 21 July, 2015—At the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference today, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that middle-income countries (MICs), which will be home to 70% of people
23 July 2015 – As fighting intensifies in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, and people’s humanitarian needs grow, aid organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to access the most severely affected areas, according to international
A Canadian nurse taking care of a little baby with Ebola in the Foya MSF Ebola isolation ward in Liberia. File Photo: Martin Zinggl/MSF MSF’s response to the largest Ebola outbreak in history began more
(Juba, South Sudan) – In collaboration with local health authorities, the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a Cholera Treatment Centre in Juba in response to an outbreak
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