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NEWS : 28 December 2007

Somalia : MSF demands access to two workers still in captivity

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) demands that a medical vehicle from the organization be given access to the area where its two workers are detained to assess their health status. Mercedes García and Pilar Bauza, a Spanish doctor...[more]

 

NEWS : 26 December 2007

Somalia : MSF workers kidnapped

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that two of its staff members were taken by force this morning in Bossaso, Somalia. Mercedes García, a Spanish doctor, and Pilar Bauza, an Argentinean nurse, were kidnapped on their way to...[more]

 

NEWS : 20 December 2007

Cholera and malnutrition add to extreme suffering in North Kivu, DRC

Access to health care for these people was already weak, but is even more limited today. The fighting has forced several aid organizations to suspend their activities, and health centres are not getting any supplies, or are...[more]

 

NEWS : 20 December 2007

Oppressive uncertainty for displaced people of South Darfur

The current pervasive insecurity in Darfur, compounded by fears of future insecurity, continues to generate new waves of displaced people. At the same time the very existence of camps for the displaced, which should serve as safe...[more]

 

NEWS : 17 December 2007

MSF encounters 56 dead bodies on the shore of Yemen

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team assisting refugees and migrants who cross the Gulf of Aden encountered on Dec. 15, 56 dead bodies near Arqa, on the shore of Yemen.

 

Photo : MSF.

When the MSF team arrived in the...[more]

 

NEWS : 11 December 2007

People fleeing war in Mogadishu face dramatic situation

On the road to Afgooye, an estimated 200,000 displaced people fleeing Somalia’s capital city are living in incredibly difficult sanitary conditions. Mortality and health indicators are largely above emergency levels.[more]

 

NEWS : 07 December 2007

Uganda: MSF teams confront an Ebola epidemic in Bundibugyo and Kikyo

On Nov. 29, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed a case of Ebola in the western region of the country. After a rapid assessment on Dec. 1, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) set up patient isolation units in the Kikyo health...[more]

 

NEWS : 05 December 2007

Angolan government must end army's abuses against Congolese

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the pervasive and systematic use of rape and violence committed by the Angolan army during the expulsions of Congolese migrants working...[more]

 

NEWS : 05 December 2007

International Volunteer Day

Each year, many people across Canada volunteer their time and energy here at home to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), supporting MSF field workers who provide medical humanitarian assistance to people around the world. Canadian...[more]

 

NEWS : 01 December 2007

World AIDS Day 2007: Angry Faces

Alongside World Aids Day on December 1, Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has launched the "Angry Faces" campaign. The campaign's goal is to raise awareness regarding the lack of access for millions of...[more]