News updates

Pakistan : 25 May 2009

Pakistan: Crisis for the displaced

The volatile situation in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan continues to cause a rising number of displaced people each day.[more]

 

NEWS : 25 May 2009

Sri Lanka: A day among the war-wounded

During the five days from May 16 to 20, 77,000 people emerged from the recent conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, arriving in the Vavuniya area. Many of them needed urgent medical care. MSF teams have been providing medical...[more]

 

NEWS : 20 May 2009

Sri Lanka: Thousands of new arrivals overwhelm medical facilities

As Colombo celebrates the end of the conflict as declared by the government of Sri Lanka, thousands of people are leaving the former conflict zone, arriving in Vavuniya district in desperate need of medical care. Traumatized and...[more]

 

NEWS : 20 May 2009

Thailand: MSF denounces forced repatriation of Hmong refugees

MSF denounces the policy of forced repatriation of the Hmong population of Huai Nam Khao camp back to Laos, and refuses to work under military pressure[more]

 

NEWS : 19 May 2009

Chagas: Neglected disease neglected once again

Chagas disease not addressed by World Health Assembly

 

MSF urges affected countries to scale up diagnosis and treatment on 100th anniversary of the disease’s discovery

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NEWS : 19 May 2009

Kenya: Somali refugees imperilled in overcrowded camps

Many willing to risk return to war zone because of food and water shortages[more]

 

Pakistan : 18 May 2009

Update: Pakistan

Current warfare in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to stop its emergency medical care in the country’s Swat region. Since April 2009 the conflict has intensified in...[more]

 

NEWS : 16 May 2009

Sri Lanka: Caring for the wounded: the job of MSF caretakers

Every day in the hospital is a busy day for Sivananthan, and today is no different. A 25-year-old electrician from Vavuniya, Sivananthan is one of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) caretakers working in the Ministry of Health...[more]

 

NEWS : 14 May 2009

Somalia: Five days of fighting in Mogadishu

MSF treats 91 war wounded[more]

 

NEWS : 14 May 2009

Sudan: Dozens of victims treated after violent attacks on village

On Friday, May 8, an attack on the village of Torkej in Upper Nile State, Sudan, bordering Jonglei State, resulted in many wounded arriving at the hospital in Nasir run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Patients said that many...[more]

 

NEWS : 12 May 2009

Sri Lanka: 212 emergency surgeries in 1 week in Vavuniya

While tens of thousands of people remain trapped in the fighting zone and almost 200,000 are displaced in Vavuniya district alone, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to provide surgical support in Vavuniya hospital and...[more]

 

Iraq : 07 May 2009

Iraq: Improving critical surgical care in Basra

Despite the ongoing conflict that has made it difficult for humanitarian organizations to be present in Iraq, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is striving to provide medical care to the Iraqi people. Since 2006, MSF programs have...[more]

 

NEWS : 07 May 2009

Influenza A (H1N1): Access to generic drugs vital

While uncertainty still prevails over the severity of a possible influenza pandemic, many developing countries do not have stockpiles of medicines or advanced purchase commitments with manufacturers to ensure access to protect...[more]

 

Moldova : 06 May 2009

Transnistria (Moldova): HIV project handed over, vulnerable still need care

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces the closure of the HIV/AIDS treatment projects in Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova unrecognized by the international community. MSF has now handed over the HIV/AIDS program in...[more]