India: MSF receives Nagaland governor’s medal for Mon project

August 23, 2013

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was awarded the Nagaland governor's Gold medal during the Independence Day ceremony on August 15, 2013 in recognition of the “distinguished services” rendered by MSF in Mon District Hospital. We have been supporting the...

MSF Urges Countries Not to Trade Away Health as Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Negotiations Intensify

August 22, 2013

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam/New York, August 22, 2013–The far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) should be a force for improving health outcomes for the more than half a billion people in twelve countries affected by the pact, but instead negotiators...

MSF’s International President

August 21, 2013

The International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) leads the International Board and the International General Assembly, and represents MSF International. Dr Unni Karunakara was elected International President in June 2010. He has been involved with MSF since...

MSF President: Why MSF decided to leave Somalia

August 21, 2013

Our announcement on 14th August that we were closing all our medical programmes in Somalia sent shockwaves through political and humanitarian communities. It came at a moment when world leaders, for the first time in decades, began making positive noises...

MSF shocked and saddened by killing of staff in Somalia

August 21, 2013

We will sorely miss Philippe and Kace; their energy, humour and commitment (both are 10 year MSF veterans). Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to their loved ones. MSF still doesn't have all the facts, but we can share further details...

Myanmar: Seeking new ways to tackle urgent health threat of drug-resistant TB

August 20, 2013

Country’s first international symposium to tackle DR-TB crisis begins 22 August An urgent health threat in Myanmar is drawing together leading experts to explore new ways to tackle the drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) crisis. Forms of TB that cannot be...

Niger: 180,000+ Children Benefit from New Approach to Malaria

August 20, 2013

Each year, the arrival of the rainy season in Niger brings with it heightened risks of catching malaria from the mosquitoes that breed in stagnant water. To help prevent the spread of the disease, which can be fatal, Doctors Without...

Somalia: MSF forced to close all medical programmes

August 14, 2013

After working continuously in Somalia since 1991, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today announced the closure of all its programmes in Somalia, the result of extreme attacks on its staff in an environment where...

Responding to a Measles Outbreak in Nigeria

August 13, 2013

A measles outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State has come to an end after 28 weeks. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported the Nigerian authorities throughout the outbreak by providing epidemiological surveillance and case management in Katsina’s 34 local...

MSF Suspends Medical Activities in Pinga, DRC, Following Threats

August 11, 2013

GOMA,DRC/NEW YORK, AUGUST 9, 2013—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to suspend medical activities in and around the town of Pinga, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following a threat targeting its humanitarian...

South Sudan: MSF Staff Killed, Wounded in Attack on Vehicle

August 9, 2013

On Monday, 5th of August, a group of armed men attacked a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a main road outside Juba. Two MSF staff members were seriously injured, one of them died from his injuries...

MSF condemns the killing and wounding of its team members near Juba, South Sudan

August 9, 2013

On Monday, 5th of August, a group of armed men attacked a car belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a main road outside Juba. Two MSF staff members were seriously injured, one of them died from his injuries two...