News updates

NEWS : 30 July 2010

Pakistan: More than 400,000 people affected by severe floods

Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s northwestern region has directly affected 400,000 people and caused widespread destruction to houses and infrastructure. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently assessing the situation in...[more]

 

NEWS : 30 July 2010

MSF forced to suspend medical aid in health centre

Aid workers call for respect of medical activities and facilities

Other MSF medical activities on Jonglei State and Sudan continue[more]

 

Kyrgyzstan : 20 July 2010

Kyrgyzstan: Tension and violence continue in the south

MSF calls for impartial access to healthcare [more]

 

Lesotho : 19 July 2010

HIV/AIDS: Donors gambling with patients’ lives by retreating from funding

Short-sighted savings measures ignore latest science, will cost more lives[more]

 

NEWS : 16 July 2010

HIV/AIDS: The stories and trends behind the science

Special Report - Despite the growing evidence that rapid scale up of HIV/AIDS treatment reduces unnecessary death, staves off disease, and reduces transmission of the virus, international donors are wavering and sending the...[more]

 

Pakistan : 16 July 2010

Pakistan: Bomb blast in Swat district leaves 5 dead and 58 wounded

Following an explosion at midday Thursday in Mingora, the main city of Swat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, medical staff from the emergency organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Pakistan’s Ministry...[more]