Today marks the one-year anniversary of the US military airstrikes on the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in which 42 people lost their lives. The attack was a violation of the rules of war, which require military forces to protect medical facilities and personnel in war zones.
This opinion piece was first published in the Globe and Mail newspaper on February 29, 2016 by Stephen Cornish, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada
Dr. Joanne Liu, a physician from Montreal, is the International President of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She wrote the following article on the humanitarian crisis in Syria for The Huffington Post.
The conflict in Syria is about to enter its fifth year and the situation facing millions of Syrians trapped by the conflict is dire. MSF International President Dr. Joanne Liu looks at the horrendous impact of the war so far, and the challenges facing humanitarian actors in an environment where the most vulnerable are often completely cut off from humanitarian assistance.
