News updates

NEWS : 26 June 2009

Somalia: Hijacking of MSF-rented vehicle ends in tragic death

A private vehicle, rented by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was attacked in North Galcayo, Somalia early in the evening on June 24, as it returned from referring a patient from one MSF facility in the south of the city to...[more]

 

NEWS : 24 June 2009

Bangladesh: Mounting desperation for Rohingya refugees

For more than half a century, the Muslim minority population in Myanmar, the Rohingya, have fled the severe repression and persecution they face in their homeland to seek refuge in Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries....[more]

 

Somalia : 22 June 2009

Somalia: MSF treats 40 wounded after an explosion in Beledweyne

Following a violent explosion in the western Somali town of Beledweyne on June 18, the local hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) received a total of 40 patients.

Almost all of the patients had serious burns but...[more]

 

Pakistan : 18 June 2009

Pakistan: War-wounded seek treatment in Lower Dir

A steady increase of civilian war casualties are reaching the main referral hospital in Pakistan’s Lower Dir district where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is working to provide emergency medical care. Coming mainly from the...[more]

 

Burundi : 18 June 2009

Burundi: MSF hands over program treating rape survivors

This Friday, emergency medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will hand over the Seruka Centre, in Burundi’s capital of Bujumbura, to a local association. For the past six years, the centre has been...[more]

 

Bangladesh : 18 June 2009

Bangladesh: Long-suffering Rohingya face unacceptable abuse

Forced displacement, intimidation and abuse in Kutupalong makeshift camp[more]

 

Pakistan : 16 June 2009

Pakistan: Healthcare , host families strained by massive displacement

The recent violence in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has left more than 2.1 million people displaced, according to official figures. The overwhelming majority have found refuge in small improvised camps or with...[more]

 

Bangladesh : 12 June 2009

Bangladesh: From one deplorable situation to another

MSF moves to assist Rohingya living in unacceptable humanitarian conditions in yet another makeshift camp in Bangladesh.[more]

 

NEWS : 12 June 2009

MSF Canada 2008 Annual Report

In 2008, MSF welcomed support from 80,000 individual Canadians who contributed directly to our efforts to bring life-saving medical care to those in need.

In our annual report for 2008, you will find information on MSF projects...[more]

 

NEWS : 10 June 2009

DRC: Increased aid amidst violence in the north

Increased attacks on civilian population lead to an influx of displaced people[more]

 

NEWS : 10 June 2009

Somali refugees in Kenya: Aid worker diary, #3

Donna Canali spent three months working as a field coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Dagahaley camp near Dadaab, northern Kenya. More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia live here, but they face...[more]

 

NEWS : 08 June 2009

Somali refugees in Kenya: Aid worker diary, #2

Donna Canali spent three months working as a field coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Dagahaley camp near Dadaab, northern Kenya. More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia live here, but they face...[more]

 

NEWS : 08 June 2009

Sri Lanka: Journey of war-wounded man seeking care

Dipesh is a patient in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field hospital in the Vavuniya region of Sri Lanka,, the closest referral hospital for the 220,000 displaced people living in Manik Farm camp. Since he was wounded over a...[more]

 

NEWS : 08 June 2009

Sri Lanka: MSF providing medical care for the displaced amid restrictions

While Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health has set up a system to provide initial treatment to the wounded and sick people in camps in the Vavuniya region following the conflict in the north, the needs remain immense and require...[more]

 

NEWS : 08 June 2009

Somalia: MSF treating victims of fighting, measles campaign delayed

War-wounded treated in MSF-run hospital in Guri El[more]

 

NEWS : 05 June 2009

Somali refugees in Kenya: Aid worker diary

Donna Canali spent three months working as a field coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Dagahaley camp near Dadaab, northern Kenya. More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia live here, but they face...[more]

 

NEWS : 03 June 2009

Sri Lanka: Surgery and aftercare for emotionally exhausted war-wounded

Ramachandra is18 years old. She was wounded on Jan. 8 during the conflict in northern Sri Lanka, and underwent amputations at a hospital in the Vanni. She was evacuated by ambulance to the main hospital in the northern Sri Lankan...[more]

 

NEWS : 02 June 2009

Zimbabwean nightmare of neglect continues in South Africa

MSF launches report: “No refuge, access denied: Medical and humanitarian needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa”[more]