"A Crisis on Top of a Crisis": MSF Expands Programs in Post-Coup CAR
June 4, 2013Three months after a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic (CAR), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to scale up activities in order to assist thousands of people who were left without access to basic health care or...
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Myanmar: Restrictions Severely Impacting Access to Health Care
May 30, 2013YANGON, MYANMAR/NEW YORK, MAY 28, 2013—Nearly a year after interethnic clashes broke out in Myanmar's Rakhine State, government-imposed restrictions on Muslim communities are preventing tens of thousands of people from accessing health care and other basic services, the international medical...
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Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed For Syrian Refugees
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions and Jordanian authorities are unable to provide them with adequate water and health care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...
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Afghanistan: MSF Strongly Condemns Violence Against Humanitarian Workers and Facilities
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Following an attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which killed an ICRC staff member, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today...
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Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed For Syrian Refugees
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions and Jordanian authorities are unable to provide them with adequate water and health care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...
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Syria: “I Feel Better, But I Can’t Walk”
May 24, 2013Name : Designation : Salwah Mekrsh was shot by a sniper in Aleppo. In this photo, taken in April 2013, she is about to start a mental health consultation with MSF staff in Kilis. © Turkey 2013 © Anna Surinyach...
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DRC: Renewed Fighting Puts Thousands of Displaced Civilians in the Crossfire
May 22, 2013GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/PARIS, MAY 22, 2013—The resumption of heavy fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday is endangering thousands of civilians, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The fighting...
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In Central African Republic, the Violence Has Ended But the Emergency Continues
May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 Serge St-Louis just returned from nine months as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). He was there in late 2012, when Seleka, a new coalition of Central African...
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South Sudan: MSF Hospital Severely Damaged in Intentional Attack
May 16, 2013BRUSSELS/NEW YORK, May 16, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today strongly condemned the deliberate damage and looting of its hospital in Pibor town, in South Sudan's Jonglei State, which has left tens of thousands...
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Iraq: Syrian Refugees’ Health Deteriorates At Domeez Camp
May 15, 2013Overcrowding and poor living conditions in Iraq’s Domeez camp have led to a recent deterioration in the health of Syrian refugees. Stéphane Reynier, emergency coordinator for the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), describes the current...
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Countries Must Fix Critical Access to Medicines Flaws in Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
May 14, 2013India 2013 © Sami Siva LIMA/NEW YORK, MAY 14, 2013—As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) restart in Lima, Peru, tomorrow, countries must prioritize fixing critical flaws in the agreement that could leave millions of people in developing countries with...
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Delivering medical care in challenging environments can be rewarding – Sandeep Mahat
May 5, 2013Name : Designation : Sandeep Mahat joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders soon after his medical training. He shares his experiences, from delivering emergency aid after floods in Nepal to providing hospital-care with limited resources in a...
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