News updates

Chad : 30 September 2008

Malaria: from good intentions to effective action

In a new report launched today, the international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said many more lives can be saved if new, effective strategies to tackle malaria are more widely implemented. The report,...[more]

 

Haiti : 26 September 2008

Haiti floods: Sanitation is top concern in Gonaives

Photo: Francois Sevranckx

The floodwaters have now fully receded in storm-ravaged Gonaives, and the streets are covered in mud and garbage. People are living in harsh, dirty conditions without widespread access to clean...[more]

 

India : 23 September 2008

Update: North India floods in Bihar

An interview with Dr. Binod Kumar who has been working on the MSF kala azar project in Hajipur since April 2008, and was among the first MSF teams to provide medical assistance to victims of the floods in Bihar.[more]

 

Ethiopia : 23 September 2008

Thousands of displaced people gathering in eastern Ethiopia

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is witnessing a deteriorating humanitarian situation around the town of Wardher, in the Somali Region of eastern Ethiopia. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are gathering in the thousands on the...[more]

 

Democratic Republic of Congo : 23 September 2008

Violence intensifies in North Kivu, DRC

Photo: Pascale Zintzen

On Thursday September 18, heavy fighting broke out between armed groups northeast of Masisi town, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province. The MSF team working in Masisi hospital...[more]

 

Haiti : 11 September 2008

Ongoing Needs in Hurricane Damaged Haiti

Some areas cut off from assistance[more]

 

Sri Lanka : 10 September 2008

Population in precarious situation as aid workers withdraw

Following a directive from the government of Sri Lanka earlier this week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) withdrew its staff today from Kilinochchi town in the LTTE-controlled Vanni. MSF is very concerned about the possible...[more]

 

India : 08 September 2008

MSF is providing medical care and has started emergency distributions in Bihar, India

Two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have already started providing medical care to the victims of the floods in the northeastern Indian state of Bihar. MSF has also started the first emergency relief distributions in various...[more]

 

NEWS : 07 September 2008

MSF assisting Haitians and assessing needs after successive hurricanes

After Hurricane Gustav made landfall last week, Tropical Storm Hanna caused serious damage to Haiti’s coastline on September 1 and September 2. Many towns are flooded and remain difficult, if not impossible, to access.

Photo :...[more]

 

NEWS : 03 September 2008

MSF surgeon in DRC plane crash

Dr. Samuel Bamoueni

A humanitarian air service flight went missing during a storm on September 1, en route between Kisangani and Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contact was lost with the aircraft prior to landing....[more]