The learning never stops in MSF – Kalyan Velivela

October 29, 2013

Name : Designation : The state of South Sudan was born in 2011 after years of violence. As a medical coordinator, Dr Kalyan Velivela was at the forefront of planning the medical aid services of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières...

Doctors Without Borders Cycle Tour Comes to Delhi

October 26, 2013

New Delhi, October 27, 2013 – Cycle enthusiasts from Delhi are getting on bike saddles today to express solidarity with outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, who is cycling over 5,000 km across...

Syria: Civilians forced to flee Al Safira under heavy bombardment

October 25, 2013

25 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...

WHO TB report: "An indictment of the global failure to tackle DR-TB"

October 23, 2013

Today sees the launch of the World Health Organization's Global tuberculosis (TB) report for 2013. We call governments, donors, and the Global Fund to properly resource the treatment of this deadly disease. The report looks at the current state of...

Honduras: MSF fights deadly outbreak of dengue fever

October 23, 2013

An epidemic of haemorrhagic dengue fever is spreading through San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second city, with more than three times as many cases as last year. This form of dengue can be deadly, with children most at risk. Teams from...

Pakistan: Access denied

October 21, 2013

By Chris Lockyear, operations manager for MSF in Pakistan On the afternoon of 24 September, I watched the news unfolding. Houses flattened, hundreds dead and many more injured following a major earthquake in the Awaran district of Balochistan province. It...

India: No End in Sight to Cyclone Aila Misery

October 20, 2013

Name : Designation : In the wake of Cyclone Aila, daily flooding in both Bangladesh and India prevents families like this one from rebuilding their homes and communities. © Bangladesh 2009 Veronique Terrasse/MSF Nearly two months after Cyclone Aila devastated...

CAR: Tens of Thousands Flee Attacks and Killings

October 16, 2013

NEW YORK, OCTOBER 16, 2013—Tens of thousands of people have fled a new wave of attacks and ruthless killings by armed groups and government forces in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans...

From Presidency of Doctors Without Borders to Pedalling Cross Country in India

October 11, 2013

Dr Unni Karunakara embarks on a personal odyssey to cycle 5000 kms from Srinagar to Kerala to connect with people about health, healthcare, and humanitarianism Srinagar, October 12, 2013 – Outgoing International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF),...

‘An Emergency in Itself’: Mental Health Needs Among Syrians in Iraq

October 9, 2013

As 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...

Central African Republic: 9,000 children vaccinated against measles, polio in Gadzi

October 7, 2013

About nine thousand children from seriously afflicted Central African Republic are now protected against measles and polio, following the emergency intervention in Gadzi, north-eastern Central African Republic, which started in August after Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams...

Chad: Malaria peak, a preventable emergency

October 7, 2013

While Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to an acute malaria peak in Chad, the first results from a prevention campaign carried out in the south of the country are spectacular. Seventy per cent less cases have...