MSF calls on G7 leaders to take concrete action to fight epidemics Photo credit: Amandine Colin Berlin, June 3, 2015: The global health system remains unprepared for mass disease epidemics warns the international humanitarian aid
In the first earthquake that hit Nepal on 25 April, people lost their loved ones, their homes and their belongings. Despite the massive destruction, they had no choice but to pick up the pieces and
On Sunday 31 May, a team from Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided emergency psychological support at the port of Augusta to 18 out of 454 migrants who had been rescued at sea trying
On Tuesday 2 June, a helicopter delivering humanitarian aid crashed in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal. MSF regrets to confirm the death of three of its staff members in this crash. The team were delivering much-needed medical
Name : Designation : DVL Padma Priya, MSF India’s Press Officer, recently returned from Nepal. Here she recounts the experience of seeing MSF medical teams in action and the challenges of managing emergency communications.
Name : Designation : Maila Gurung, 26, is assisted off a helicopter after arriving in Diol village, Gorkha district. Maila had been evacuated to the MSF hospital in Arughat where his broken leg was treated.
Ursung Tamang, 48, sustained cuts to her face when her house collapsed. Portrait taken at MSF mobile clinic, Kuni village, Dhading district. Photo: Brian Sokol On 25 April 2015, an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude
Resolution passes at World Health Assembly, calling for more affordable vaccines and greater transparency on vaccine pricing Geneva, 25 May 2015 — Governments meeting in Geneva for the annual World Health Assembly raised the alarm today
The MSF teams organised quickly to provide aid to the Nepalese population after the first earthquake. Ann Taylor, MSF head of mission, explains how the aid was deployed after a second quake struck the country.
MSF scales up activities in Irbid due to increasing health needs of Syrian Refugees Irbid, 20 May 2015 An upgrade to provide complicated deliveries including C-sections and improved neonatal care has been implemented at the
Name : Designation : Iqbal, a drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) survivor from Mumbai, Maharashtra, speaks about defeating the disease with the help of MSF India.
In Yemen, MSF works in several Yemeni governorates. MSF has received more than 1,600 war wounded in Aden, Amran, Hajja and Al-Dhale’. The organisation treats patients according to medical ethics and impartiality. MSF has brought
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