Syria: “I Feel Better, But I Can’t Walk”

May 24, 2013

Name : 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...

DRC: Renewed Fighting Puts Thousands of Displaced Civilians in the Crossfire

May 22, 2013

GOMA, 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...

In Central African Republic, the Violence Has Ended But the Emergency Continues

May 17, 2013

May 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...

South Sudan: MSF Hospital Severely Damaged in Intentional Attack

May 16, 2013

BRUSSELS/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...

Iraq: Syrian Refugees’ Health Deteriorates At Domeez Camp

May 15, 2013

Overcrowding 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...

Countries Must Fix Critical Access to Medicines Flaws in Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

May 14, 2013

India 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...

Delivering medical care in challenging environments can be rewarding – Sandeep Mahat

May 5, 2013

Name : 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...

Providing Psychological Care in Syria: “Flashbacks, Nightmares, and Baby Clothes”

May 2, 2013

Psychologist Audrey Magis recently returned home after spending two months working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Syria, where she set up and ran a mental health program in one of MSF’s projects in the north of the...

DRC: Thousands Flee Violence In Pinga, North Kivu

May 1, 2013

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/NEW YORK, MAY 2, 2013—Thousands of people have fled the town of Pinga in recent days amid a new wave of armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s North Kivu Province, making it very...

Yemen: Migrants Abused, Tortured by Smugglers

April 30, 2013

SANA’A, YEMEN/NEW YORK, MAY 1, 2013—Authorities in Yemen have freed more than one thousand migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia, many suffering from torture and sexual abuse while forcibly held by human smugglers, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins...

Increased Mental Health Care Needed In Iraq

April 29, 2013

BAGHDAD/NEW YORK, APRIL 30, 2013—The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors...

Niger: Impending Threat Of Deadly Malaria And Malnutrition Combination

April 24, 2013

Madrid, 24 April 2013 – The number of severely malnourished children expected to be treated in the Sahel region in 2013 amounts to 1.4 million; 1 out of 5 children in Niger. The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...