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Medecins Sans Frontieres
a.k.a. Doctors WIthout Borders
Medecins Sans Frontieres(MSF)also known in some English-speaking regions (esp. the USA) as Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization (NGO) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. (Wikipedia)
Medecins Sans Frontieres - Latest News [Page 1]
Yemen: MSF evacuates due to indiscriminate Saudi bombings
Friday, 19 August 2016, 4:55 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Following the 15 August aerial bombing of Abs hospital in Hajjah governorate, which killed 19 people and injured 24, MSF has decided to evacuate its staff from the hospitals it supports in Saada and Hajjah governorates in northern Yemen: Haydan, Razeh, Al ... More >>
Explanations demanded after deadly airstrikes hit hospital
Monday, 5 October 2015, 11:39 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières demands explanations after deadly airstrikes hit hospital in Kunduz More >>
Chad: Thousands of Nigerian refugees seek safety
Monday, 23 March 2015, 8:54 pm | MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières begins activities to assist refugees in the Lake Chad region More >>
Syria: Unacceptable humanitarian failure
Monday, 23 March 2015, 8:51 pm | MSF
As Syria enters its fifth year of conflict, the war continues to be defined by brutal violence that does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, and half the population has fled either within ... More >>
MSF on Ebola: Epidemic is not over
Monday, 23 March 2015, 8:42 pm | MSF
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues, albeit with decreasing intensity. The virus has infected more than 23,700 people across the region since the outbreak was declared 11 months ago. While the number of new patients in Liberia is declining, ... More >>
Ebola: Treatments And Vaccines Could Help Control Outbreak
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 2:30 pm | MSF
Dr Bertrand Draguez is MSF’s Medical Director currently working on the West Africa Ebola outbreak. Here he explains why developing vaccines and treatments for Ebola is important, what is needed in order for them to make an impact in this outbreak, ... More >>
Ebola Crisis Update - 16th October 2014
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 2:12 pm | MSF
16 October 2014 Cases Deaths Guinea 1,472 843 Liberia 4,249 2,458 Nigeria 20 8 Sierra Leone 3,252 1,183 Senegal 1 0 Total 8,994 4,492 WHO Figures - Data are based on official information reported by Ministries of Health. These numbers are subject to change ... More >>
Successes, Challenges in Response to Guinea Ebola Epidemic
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 10:56 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
A number of patients have been discharged from Ebola treatment centers in Guinea after successfully beating the Ebola virus. However, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are facing challenges in tackling the epidemic, ... More >>
Civilians Suffer Intense Bombing In Syria's Idlib Province
Monday, 14 January 2013, 4:13 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
10 January 2013 – In the north of Syria’s Idlib province, civilians are being made victims of a terror strategy carried out through intense and indiscriminate bombing, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières ... More >>
Targeting of Health Workers in Pakistan Condemned
Friday, 21 December 2012, 10:38 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Regardless of who is responsible for the recent escalation of attacks against health workers in Pakistan, the targeting of medical personnel has created a situation in which both patients and medical workers are at risk of losing their lives while seeking ... More >>
Deir Azzour: tens of thousands of people need assistance
Friday, 14 December 2012, 1:04 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Tens of thousands of people, many of them wounded, are trapped in the city of Deir Azzour, eastern Syria, due to intense fighting and aerial bombardments. Médecins Sans Frontières calls for the sick and wounded to be evacuated to safer locations ... More >>
MSF Calling for Scale-Up of Vaccination
Monday, 10 December 2012, 11:13 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Médecins Sans Frontières at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) Alliance ‘Partners’ Forum’ Vaccination Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 5-7 December 2012 “There’s no reason children should still be dying of vaccine-preventable ... More >>
MSF prevented from reaching communities in Rahine, Myanmar
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 11:46 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Médecins Sans Frontières prevented from reaching most communities affected by violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar Scale up in provision of medical care urgently needed Amsterdam/Yangon, 5 November 2012 – As Médecins Sans Frontières medical ... More >>
Afghanistan: MSF To Resume Medical Activities in Khost
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 3:39 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières To Resume Medical Activities In Khost KABUL/KHOST, October 17, 2012 – The independent medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will resume medical activities in its maternity hospital in ... More >>
South Sudan: Mortality And Malnutrition Data
Friday, 3 August 2012, 11:43 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
South Sudan – New MSF Mortality And Malnutrition Data Point To Catastrophic Situation In Refugee Camps 02 August 2012 -- New epidemiological data from two refugee camps in South Sudan show mortality and malnutrition rates soaring above emergency thresholds, ... More >>
Médecins Sans Frontières fights Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 11:27 am | Medecins Sans Frontieres
An emergency team from the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is in Kigadi, in western Uganda’s Kibaale district, to help fight an outbreak of the Ebola virus. Other Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Uganda ... More >>
S. Sudan – Health Situation Deteriorating 63,500 Refugees
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 12:12 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Paris, 13 July 2012. The international medical-humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, is today raising concern for the situation in Yida refugee camp, in Unity State, South Sudan. Fleeing conflict in Southern Kordofan in neighbouring ... More >>
South Sudan: Jamam Refugee Camp Under Water
Monday, 9 July 2012, 2:10 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
PRESS RELEASE South Sudan: Jamam Refugee Camp Under Water Médecins Sans Frontières warns crisis worsening Juba – 6 July 2012 – Preliminary studies reveal mortality rates nearly double the emergency threshold in a refugee camp in South Sudan’s ... More >>
Nowhere to settle for 30,000 new refugees in South Sudan
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 12:45 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to identify a suitable place of refuge immediately for the 30,000 new refugees who have crossed the border from Sudan’s Blue Nile State into South Sudan’s Upper ... More >>
Médecins Sans Frontières Treat Victims of Fighting in Yemen
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 2:38 pm | Medecins Sans Frontieres
The increase of violence and fighting since last Saturday in southern Yemen has led to a high number of victims and wounded among civilians. More >>
