News updates

Chile: The first MSF team arriving in Chile

28 February 2010

Members of the team arriving from Argentina are already in Santiago and will be traveling to the Maule region to assess needs in the coastal towns of that area. Other MSF professionals will arrive today.

Chile: MSF sends evaluation teams after today’s earthquake

27 February 2010

MSF staff from Argentina and other parts of Latin America expected to arrive in Santiago de Chile Saturday evening to assess the needs

Bangladesh: Stateless Rohingya victims of violent crackdown

18 February 2010

MSF report calls for immediate end to violence and increased protection for a highly vulnerable people

Somalia: A day in Dadaab

12 February 2010

Four Somali refugees tell their story.

Haiti: Timeline of MSF's earthquake response

12 February 2010

Before the quake

Trinité Trauma Centre – the only emergency surgery facility in Port-au-Prince Pacot Rehabilitation centre – specialized post-operative care Martissant Emergency Room – stabilization of patients and referral...

Haiti: From one emergency to the next

11 February 2010

One month after the earthquake

One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the numbers are still difficult to digest: more than 200,000 deaths, 300,000 injured and hundreds of thousands made homeless. From...

India: Court gives boost to access to medicines, latest appeal by Bayer rejected

09 February 2010

In a welcome move for access to medicines, the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal filed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation against an earlier court order which had rejected the implementation of a drug...

Haiti: First steps to recovery

08 February 2010

Jerry is seven, and was severely injured in the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince. Trapped under the rubble when his house collapsed, he emerged with a severe open fracture to his femur.

Photo ©William Daniels....

Haiti: Emerging trends in patient care

04 February 2010

One of the emerging trends in Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) medical work in Haiti is the return to care for common illnesses and conditions amongst people coming to the hospitals and clinics. The gaps in the country's...

Pakistan: 126 wounded in Lower Dir explosion

03 February 2010

Following an explosion in Lower Dir district, North West Frontier Province, on Wednesday, February 3, Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in the emergency room of Timurgara district hospital...

Haiti: An Anaesthetist’s Account of a 10-day Mission

03 February 2010

Dr. Philippe Touchard is an anaesthetist and head of emergencies at the Pasteur Hospital in Langon, near Bordeaux. 48 hours after the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010, he flew to Haiti to reinforce Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF)...

Haiti: First two weeks of emergency in review

03 February 2010

As medical assistance moves into a second phase, with conditions finally improving for the practice of surgery and medicine, Joseph, Roberto and Philippe tell us how the teams have been treating their patients in the ruins of the...

Somalia: Indiscriminate shelling injures 89

03 February 2010

As fierce fighting once again grips Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has admitted 89 people suffering from blast injuries to its hospital in the Daynile area of...

Haiti: New life amid destruction

02 February 2010

Immediately following Haiti’s devastating earthquake Médecins Sans Frontières teams worked around the clock to meet the overwhelming demand for severe trauma or orthopedic surgery. At the same time, MSF also provided emergency...

Haiti: Dealing with the indirect consequences of earthquake

01 February 2010

Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) emergency wards in Haiti are still treating large numbers of patients, but the nature of their injuries or conditions is gradually changing. Fewer people are appearing with wounds caused by the...