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Conditions of displaced population deteriorate in South Africa

30 May 2008

Nearly three weeks after the first outbreak of violence against foreign nationals in Johannesburg, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to provide medical assistance to displaced people throughout the city. MSF has also...

Iraq: MSF supporting victims after violent blast in Sinjar

30 May 2008

On May 29 at approximately 11 a.m. a bomb targeting a military recruitment centre surrounded by civilian locations exploded in the town of Sinjar, Ninawa Governorate, in northern Iraq, causing at least 16 deaths and a high number...

MSF teams focusing on mental health, shelter, basic relief items

30 May 2008

Interview with Tony Marchant, outgoing emergency coordinator in Chengdu, Sichuan Province 

What are the main needs of the people in Sichuan today?

Following extensive assessments in the affected region, MSF teams have...

MSF nutritional intervention in the Oromiya region of Ethiopia

28 May 2008

Two weeks ago the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a nutritional intervention in some areas of the southern region of Oromiya in Ethiopia, following assessments that showed alarming levels...

Myanmar: Interview with MSF emergency coordinator, Jean-Sebastien Matte

26 May 2008

Three weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, needs in Myanmar are still enormous and relief remains largely insufficient.

Interview with MSF emergency coordinator, Jean-Sebastien Matte

Q. Apparently the Myanmar authorities have now...

China: MSF teams donate tents, offer medical and mental health support

23 May 2008

The Chinese government is now estimating that over 5 million have been left homeless by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated parts of the country’s Sichuan province 12 days ago. A total of 34 MSF team members are now in...

Fighting in the town of Abyei: MSF treats the wounded

22 May 2008

Since May 14, fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the SPLA has devastated the town of Abyei, which has been virtually destroyed. Almost the entire local population has fled to the north and south of the town to seek...

South Africa: MSF responds to outbreaks of violence in Johannesburg

20 May 2008

In response to recent outbreaks of violence in Johannesburg, South Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently providing emergency medical care for wounded people seeking shelter in police stations, community halls, and...

China: MSF providing supplies and medical assistance

19 May 2008

A week after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed a reported 32,000 and left up to 4.8 million people homeless in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has now provided over 210 tonnes of relief...

MSF witnesses forced return in camp in western Kenya

16 May 2008

Over the past week, aid workers for the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have witnessed the forced return and resettlement of displaced people living in Endebess camp, western Kenya....

Myanmar: MSF teams delivering aid to Delta call for immediate and unobstructed escalation of relief operations

16 May 2008

Fourteen days after cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, needs remain immense in the Irrawaddy Delta.

Photo : Eyal Warshawski, MSF | MSF staff organising the distribution of relief materials in Myanmar.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...

Update: China earthquake

15 May 2008

MSF teams working in China’s quake-hit areas

Over 400 tons of emergency supplies being distributed to Myanmar survivors

15 May 2008

Photos : Renzo Fricke, MSF | MSF staff unload cargo delivered by MSF-chartered planes in Yangon, Myanmar.

As of Wednesday 14 May 2008, four cargo planes have landed in Yangon, carrying a total of 140 tons of water and sanitation...

Interview with MSF Emergency Coordinator in Yangon

14 May 2008

Interview with Juli Niebuhr, MSF Emergency Co-ordinator in Yangon, Myanmar.

MSF begins assessment in China’s quake-hit areas

14 May 2008

Two days after a powerful earthquake hit Sichuan Province in southwestern China, the confirmed death toll nears 15,000 and thousands of people remain trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, according to provincial...

Despite restrictions, MSF teams continue to deliver aid and assess needs in remote areas

13 May 2008

Another Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo plane, this one carrying 40 tonnes of relief supplies, landed today in Yangon. It is the third MSF cargo plane that has been authorized to bring relief material to Myanmar. In total,...

First MSF teams heading to quake-stricken area in southwest China

13 May 2008

Following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck China’s southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday, 2.28pm local time, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will today dispatch its first medical teams to one of the worst hit...

MSF continues emergency medical aid, distributes relief supplies

12 May 2008

Supplies are continuing to arrive at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) base in Pathein, following the devastation of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. The supplies include food, plastic sheeting and other medical and relief supplies....

First MSF cargo plane delivers medical and logistical material

12 May 2008

Photo: Nicolas Tucat, AFP | MSF relief cargo destined for Myanmar are being loaded onto an MSF-chartered plane in Bordeaux, France on Friday 9 May 2008.

More than one week after cyclone Nargis devastated the southwest areas of...

MSF teams intensify emergency response in Myanmar

09 May 2008

Cyclone in Myanmar: MSF teams intensify emergency response, a first relief plane is due to land in Yangon.

Interview with Operations Manager, Operational Centre Amsterdam

08 May 2008

Interview with Joe Belliveau, a Canadian working as Operations Manager in MSF's Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA).

Interview with MSF Head of Mission in Myanmar

07 May 2008

Interview with Souheil Reaiche, MSF Head of Mission in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar cyclone

06 May 2008

MSF brings aid, more staff and materials ready to go

Myanmar: At least 10,000 dead after cyclone

06 May 2008

Nargis cyclone, affecting several areas of Myanmar (also known as Burma), caused the death of at least 10,000 people and brought about severe physical damage. Three days after the cyclone, people in many parts of the country...