Syria: Multiple casualties from shelling on village in northwestern Syria
October 25, 2019BRUSSELS - The conflict in northwestern Syria continues to cause fear, displacement and acute medical needs among people. Shelling on Thursday 24 October on the village of Janoudia in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, resulted in an influx of 17 casualties...
Read moreNortheast Syria: MSF forced to evacuate staff due to extreme volatility in the region
October 14, 2019AMSTERDAM/NORTHEAST SYRIA - Following the launch of Turkish military operations and the extremely volatile situation in northeast Syria, Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has taken the difficult decision to suspend the majority of our activities and evacuate all our international staff...
Read moreGrow despite a difficult birth
December 3, 2013Name : © Mario Travaini / MSF Designation : The story of a premature baby in Syria. “I was the only midwife on the day Sedra’s* mother came to MSF’s hospital in Syria,” says Amanda Godballe, a Danish midwife working...
Read moreAnother Day for an MSF Hospital in Syria
November 29, 2013“Yes, I think many injured will be coming now.... perhaps we’d better call the surgeon.” “Good idea,” I say after some time. It sounds stupid. I cannot think of a better reply. These were the words spoken by my assistant...
Read moreNew MSF Mother-and-Child Hospital in Jordan Offers Care for Syrian Refugees
November 15, 2013On November 13, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a mother and child hospital in the northern Jordanian governorate of Irbid, in close collaboration with Jordanian authorities. The hospital provides services for Syrian refugees residing in the local community....
Read moreSyria: Civilians forced to flee Al Safira under heavy bombardment
October 25, 201325 October 2013 - More than 130,000 people have fled the district of Al Safira, in Aleppo province, which has been under violent attack since 8th October. There is currently insufficient humanitarian aid to meet the massive, and growing, needs...
Read more‘An Emergency in Itself’: Mental Health Needs Among Syrians in Iraq
October 9, 2013As the humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to worsen, mental health needs among refugees who have fled the country are steadily increasing. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on October 10, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) wants to highlight...
Read moreSyria: MSF provides emergency care to families fleeing to Iraq
October 2, 2013Every day, thousands of people continue to flee the violence in Syria. Since the conflict began, over two million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in northern Iraq to...
Read more“Practically Impossible to Get Emergency Obstetric Care in Syria"
September 24, 2013Margie is a midwife who recently spent seven weeks working in a Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in northern Syria. The hospital includes an operating theater where staff members treat war wounds and large burn injuries, an...
Read moreMSF surgeon killed in Syria
September 5, 2013Barcelona, 5 September 2013 – A Syrian surgeon working for the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Muhammad Abyad, has been killed in northern Syria. His body was found on 3 September in Aleppo province. He...
Read moreSyria: Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF
August 24, 2013Brussels/New York, August 24, 2013 -- Three hospitals in Syria's Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms...
Read moreChronic Health Problems on the Rise in Syria as Health System Crumbles
July 25, 2013Syrian doctor Jamal describes working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a converted school that now serves as an outpatient clinic. As the conflict in Syria wears on and people are forced to live in increasingly difficult conditions....
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