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
Name : Designation : I don’t really know how I can describe the situation in Aden in one word other than tragic. There are areas that are completely empty. People have evacuated them as they
100 people hospitalised in critical condition every day in Niamey. MSF steps up its activities to tackle the epidemic. Monday, 11 May 2015. A meningitis epidemic which has stretched across several regions of Niger has
Juba, South Sudan, 9 May 2015 – Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is gravely concerned about an imminent attack on the town of Leer in South Sudan, and the potential impact on civilians and medical facilities. The international medical humanitarian organisation has
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