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Pakistan: MSF reinforces its presence in Mardan and Lower Dir

27 August 2009

As displaced people return home to the Swat Valley and Buner district, MSF is increasing its support to local health care providers in Mardan and Lower Dir districts to respond to a sharp increase in cases of acute diarrhoea.

‘There is indescribable fear in everyone’s eyes’

21 August 2009

Katharine Derderian has just returned from the Haut-Uélé district in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where she coordinated MSF's activities. In this interview, she talks about the climate of fear which reigns in...

Survivors of a horrific attack in north-east DRC tell their story

20 August 2009

Since September last year inhabitants of the Haut Uélé district in north-eastern DRC have been living in constant fear and are facing a critical humanitarian situation. They are trapped in a region wracked by waves of violence....

Yemen: MSF assists victims of new wave of warfare

18 August 2009

In the north of Yemen, a ‘sixth war’ between the army and the Al Houthi rebels began on Tuesday, 11 August. Once again, people face violence and are deprived of health care. Our teams are caring for the wounded and attempting to...

Zimbabwe: Patient’s story

18 August 2009

In Murwira Clinic, southeastern Zimbabwe, Dennis Taronga is receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ARVs) with the help of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Zimbabwe: Beyond cholera, six months after the crisis

18 August 2009

In February 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released a report, "Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis," on the humanitarian catastrophe ravaging Zimbabwe. MSF head of mission in Zimbabwe, Rian van de Braak, describes...

Sri Lanka: “It’s amazing what you can be thankful for”

13 August 2009

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is running an operating theatre and a post-operative care program in Pompaimadhu Ayurvedic Hospital, in northern Sri Lanka. Many of the patients have been referred to the MSF team from the camps and...

Sri Lankan government has an obligation to release civilians and provide adequate assistance

13 August 2009

Hans van de Weerd, General Director of MSF Holland, has recently returned from Sri Lanka. We asked him to describe what he saw in the northern district of Vavuniya, where there are over 260,000 displaced people as a result of the...

Sri Lanka: War has ended but suffering continues

13 August 2009

Any health system would have difficulties responding to the needs of over 260,000 people who recently came out of a war zone. Facilities in the Sri Lankan camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) are overstretched. People...

Chad: MSF staff held by unknown group

09 August 2009

An MSF compound in Adé, eastern Chad on the border to Sudan, had been robbed by armed assailants in the night of Aug. 4, 2009. One international and one national MSF staff member were reported missing.

While the Chadian...

Iraq: MSF emergency aid after bomb attack in Mosul

07 August 2009

More than 100 wounded patients have been assisted in the aftermath of a large bomb blast that took place on the outskirts of the city of Mosul, northern Iraq today. Still more wounded are expected to arrive in the coming hours to...

MSF staff in Chad, one released but one still missing

07 August 2009

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports the safe return of one of its staff members in Chad who went missing after the robbery of an MSF compound. We are deeply concerned that one international staff member remains...

MSF continues aid in violent areas of northern DRC and southern Sudan

07 August 2009

Over the past weeks, people have continued to suffer from violent attacks in several areas of northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southern Sudan. Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been...

2009 South Sudan - Photo slideshow by Brendan Bannon

06 August 2009

Chad: Two MSF staff missing

06 August 2009

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that in the night of Aug. 4, 2009, one of the MSF compounds in Chad was robbed by armed assailants. After the robbery one international and one Chadian staff member were reported missing....

H1N1: Medical need not purchase power should determine global response

04 August 2009

Interview with Dr. Christophe Fournier, President of MSF International Council