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Palestinian Territories : 30 January 2009

Gaza: Physical and psychological scars

While many wounded people still require medical care, particularly surgical procedures or post-operative care, the population in the Gaza strip is also in need of social and psychological assistance.

Twenty wounded have...[more]

 

Palestinian Territories : 27 January 2009

Gaza: MSF expands surgical activities in Gaza City

Specialized surgeries, post-op and pediatric care, mental health activities all increasing[more]

 

Sudan : 26 January 2009

South Darfur, Sudan: Fighting forces MSF to leave population without sufficient care

MSF medical team hopes to return soon[more]

 

Palestinian Territories : 17 January 2009

Gaza: MSF medical team enters Gaza to reinforce aid operations

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgical team and other personnel entered the Gaza Strip today to provide essential surgical services to people seriously wounded during the last three weeks of intense fighting between Israeli...[more]

 

Palestinian Territories : 14 January 2009

Gaza: Medical personnel unable to enter

Daily pause in violence insufficient; other crossing points blocked and civilians remain trapped[more]

 

Palestinian Territories : 05 January 2009

Critical care limited, some urgent needs unmet

More than a week after air strikes started on the Gaza Strip and following the beginning of a land incursion by Israeli forces, surgical services in Gaza are overwhelmed. There is an urgent need for vascular surgeons in order to...[more]