News updates

MSF forced to leave island of Lampedusa after 6 years of activities

31 October 2008

Tomorrow a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical team ends its activities at the harbour of the Italian island of Lampedusa. MSF has been forced to make this decision after the Italian Interior Ministry refused to sign a new...

Situation deteriorating rapidly in Kivu

31 October 2008

Helen O’Neill is an Operational Advisor with emergency medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She recently returned after having worked with MSF teams in the Kivu region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

After cyclone Nargis: A window to wider health issues

31 October 2008

“Many people said this year’s festival of lights was the best ever!  It didn’t start that well — at first people were concerned that they did not have the candles or the means to celebrate. However, our counsellors...

Earthquake in Balochistan

30 October 2008

MSF teams assisting those most severely affected

MSF hands over remaining project, calls for continuation of free healthcare

30 October 2008

Abidjan

MSF projects for migrants in southern Europe

30 October 2008

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in Italy, Malta and Greece to provide access to healthcare and medical assistance to migrants landing at the southern borders of Europe by sea, aid offered both at their landing and during...

Thousands flee renewed fighting

29 October 2008

The humanitarian situation in the Kivu region of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to deteriorate rapidly. This past weekend, intense fighting erupted around the town of Rutshuru, some 70 kilometres from...

India: Treating and preventing diseases linked to the floods

27 October 2008

After major floods, health problems like diarrhea, respiratory infections and skin problems are common. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams provide primary healthcare and distribute basic items to limit people’s exposure to...

Sudan threatens to suspend MSF activities in South Darfur

27 October 2008

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is extremely concerned about recent comments made by Sudanese government representatives that the aid organization’s activities in South Darfur may be suspended after Oct. 31.

In February 2008,...

Somali Region: At the crossroads of conflict and drought

27 October 2008

A year and half ago, the chronic conflict in Ethiopia’s Somali Region scaled up dramatically, exposing civilians to increased violence – including, reportedly, execution and rape – and causing widespread displacement...

Haiti: the forgotten people of Praville

23 October 2008

Praville is one of those small hamlets in Gonaïves, in the north of the country, partially located on a raised piece of land and, therefore, partly protected against the torrents of mud which ravaged the fourth largest city in...

Ethiopia : People living in precarious balance

17 October 2008

Since mid-May, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been responding to an acute nutritional crisis in southern Ethiopia. Even though the teams were recently able to reduce the activities, recent assessments have led MSF to launch...

Earthquakes in Chechnya

15 October 2008

In the afternoon of October 11th 2008, the North Caucasus was hit by an earthquake. According to local authorities it was the most destructive in the last 30 years in the region. The epicenter of the earthquake, and most...

Homelessness and food shortages for hurricane victims in Haiti

14 October 2008

Médecins Sans Frontières denounces the inefficiency of emergency response in Gonaïves

DRC: MSF assists those displaced by LRA terrorism

09 October 2008

Photo : Photo: Espen Rasmussen, MSF.

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has again perpetrated intense aggression against populations in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by kidnapping 90 children in...

Update: Papua-New Guinea project

09 October 2008

Papua New Guinea: struggling with the modern world

The eastern part of the island of New Guinea which forms the small nation of Papua New Guinea (the island is shared with an Indonesian province) has only been independent from...

Comprehensive healthcare needed for victims of sexual violence in Colombia

09 October 2008

The rate of sexual violence in Colombia is alarming. A recent study carried out by the international humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reveals that 35% of their mobile clinic patients and 22% of patients in...

Fact Sheet: MSF activities in North Kivu, DRC

06 October 2008

MSF provides primary and secondary healthcare in North Kivu in and around Rutshuru, Masisi, and Lubero districts. MSF supports hospitals in Rutshuru, Mweso, Masisi and Kitchanga as well as surrounding health centres, and runs a...

War resumes in North Kivu, DRC

06 October 2008

International community failing to protect the population

Haiti: MSF finds people still stranded in flooded village

03 October 2008

A month after the last tropical storms and hurricanes hit Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams have found an entire village completely submerged and its 2400 remaining inhabitants stranded without help.

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Interview: Karen Stewart, mental health officer in Papua New Guinea

03 October 2008

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has some of the worst health statistics in the Pacific region and also has one of the world’s highest rates of sexual violence. About two percent of adults have HIV, and in some communities the rate of...

Somalia: MSF sees surge in wounded and displaced as violence increases in Mogadishu

02 October 2008

The recent escalation in fighting in one of Mogadishu’s most populated residential areas has resulted in a surge in the number of wounded and has, once again, displaced thousands of people. MSF is treating the wounded and is...

Niger: MSF still blocked in Maradi

01 October 2008

Photo : Laurent Chamussy, Sipa Press | In June 2008, MSF was distributing food supplements to over 80,000 people in Guidan Roumdji district, in Niger's Maradi region.

Ten weeks after its authorization to treat malnutrition in...