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NEWS : 30 June 2008

MSF Calls on South Africa to stop deportation of Zimbabweans

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today expressed alarm at the deportation of approximately 500 Zimbabweans, including women and children, from a detention centre in the South...[more]

 

NEWS : 27 June 2008

Ethiopia: MSF cares for thousands of severely malnourished children

MSF teams in the Oromiya and Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s regions (SNNPR) of southern Ethiopia have cared for up to 6,500 severely malnourished children. Since May 13, MSF activities have been scaled up in order to...[more]

 

NEWS : 25 June 2008

Trapped Somali populations need immediate life-saving assistance

Malnutrition increases drastically as assistance dwindles[more]

 

NEWS : 25 June 2008

Thailand forcibly returns hundreds of Hmong refugees to Laos

Médecins Sans Frontières calls again for immediate halt of forced repatriations and access to the deported Hmong for medical assistance[more]

 

NEWS : 24 June 2008

Mental health in the Palestinian Territories: Finding access to positive experiences

Clinical psychologist Sylvia Wamser has treated patients in the Palestinian Territories who have suffered emotional trauma from the ongoing conflict.[more]

 

NEWS : 19 June 2008

MSF speaks out: Somalis and Ethiopians risk lives in dangerous gulf crossings

In its new report “No Choice,” MSF calls for more assistance to refugees and migrants fleeing war and hunger.[more]

 

NEWS : 18 June 2008

DRC: MSF teams vaccinate against measles in North Kivu

The conflict in the province of North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. They are now living with host families or in camps for displaced...[more]

 

NEWS : 17 June 2008

Mount Elgon, Kenya: A Terrorised Population in Desperate Need of Assistance

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The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an immediate increase in assistance for the people of Mount Elgon in western Kenya, and an end to the indiscriminate...[more]

 

NEWS : 11 June 2008

Burundi: MSF opens centre for obstetrical emergencies outside Bujumbura

Today Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened a new centre for obstetrical emergencies in Kabezi, in the vast province of Bujumbura Rural that encircles the country’s capital. This specialised centre is an essential part of MSF’s...[more]

 

NEWS : 04 June 2008

Commitment by Ministry of Health more important than ever for health of Congolese

MSF leaving Republic of Congo after 11 years of medical activities[more]

 

NEWS : 02 June 2008

MSF psychiatrist on mental healthcare in Colombia

“People sometimes look for someone to listen to them and other times to help them make a decision” - Interview with Dr. Alessandro Huber, MSF psychiatrist, who has worked for two years in Caquetá, Colombia[more]

 

NEWS : 02 June 2008

Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people in South Africa

MSF alarmed by lack of protection of foreign nationals affected by recent violence[more]