News updates

NEWS : 24 April 2008

Malaria: preventable and treatable but still a killer in Sierra Leone

World Malaria Day 2008[more]

 

NEWS : 24 April 2008

Opinion Piece for World Malaria Day 2008

by Prudence Hamade, Head of MSF’s Malaria Working Group[more]

 

NEWS : 23 April 2008

Food Aid Basket Missing Critical Ingredients

Dire consequences for children under two[more]

 

NEWS : 17 April 2008

DR Congo: MSF colleague disappears in Goma plane crash

Our colleague and friend Gigi Baguma, 45, was aboard the plane that crashed in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday 15 April 2008.

Despite 48 hours of intensive search in Goma hospitals, we are...[more]

 

NEWS : 14 April 2008

"The conflict has worsened in the Caquetá, thus making our work more difficult yet more relevant as well"

“Many people leave for Florencia yet if even then they feel threatened, they flee to Bogotá or further away”, says Serge Le Duc, MSF coordinator who has just returned from Caquetá, Colombia.[more]

 

NEWS : 10 April 2008

MSF treats wounded amid demonstrations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Since 7 April 2008, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have treated more than 31 wounded patients, including 15 people with gunshot wounds, in MSF-operated hospitals in the Haitian capital city, Port-au-Prince. Most of the...[more]

 

NEWS : 07 April 2008

Almost 300,000 children vaccinated against measles in Niger

Since January, 2,200 children have developed measles in Niger, despite the implementation of a national vaccination campaign. MSF has sent medical teams to Zinder and Maradi, the regions with the highest number of measles cases,...[more]

 

NEWS : 07 April 2008

Attacks by bandits block civilian access to humanitarian assistance in Bocaranga, CAR

In the Bocaranga area thousands of people are fleeing attacks by bandits known as [more]

 

NEWS : 03 April 2008

Somalia: MSF closes medical project in Kismayo

Following the killing of three staff members on 28 January 2008, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to close its project in the southern city of Kismayo, Somalia. Although activities in Kismayo will end, MSF remains...[more]

 

NEWS : 03 April 2008

MSF provides essential health care to Zimbabwean migrants

In December 2007 MSF began providing essential healthcare to Zimbabwean migrants in the South African border town of Musina and in central Johannesburg. It is estimated that there are more than one million Zimbabwean migrants in...[more]