News updates

Kenya : 28 December 2010

Escaping war, Somali refugees wait for space in overcrowded refugee camps

Many forced to construct makeshift shelters[more]

 

Haiti : 24 December 2010

Cholera emergency far from over

The cholera epidemic in Haiti has stabilized in the Artibonite region but continues to spread in the northern and southern parts of the country. The emergency is not over and every department in the country is now affected.[more]

 

Sudan : 20 December 2010

Southern Sudan: "People are way too used to suffering"

Award-winning photographer, Cédric Gerbehaye, travelled to Southern Sudan to visit Médecins Sans Frontières clinics and document the humanitarian crisis.

Six years after the war, a weak health system simply cannot...[more]

 

Mongolia : 20 December 2010

MSF brings medical aid, training after harsh winter

National emergency, health of thousands threatened [more]

 

Sudan : 16 December 2010

South in grips of worst kala azar outbreak in eight years

Epidemic compounds existing medical humanitarian crisis[more]

 

Haiti : 15 December 2010

In Labour, With Cholera

MSF has been treating women with cholera who are in labor and in the late stages of pregnancy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, since November. Many of the women have lost their babies due to the effects of cholera.[more]

 

Haiti : 15 December 2010

MSF extends cholera treatment in north and south

Local and international organizations must step up distribution of chlorinated water in areas affected by epidemic[more]

 

Haiti : 14 December 2010

Treating pregnant women who have cholera

Babies at risk because of mothers’ dehydration[more]

 

Haiti : 13 December 2010

MSF continues aid despite unrest

15 treated for bullet wounds in Port-au-Prince.[more]

 

Haiti : 10 December 2010

Cholera still worrying in rural areas

51,000 patients treated by MSF since the beginning of the epidemic[more]

 

Haiti : 03 December 2010

Nurse recounts sense of urgency in cholera work

"This little baby came in so dehydrated, so close to death. And we were trying to get an IV in for 20 minutes. The baby was getting worse and worse... Finally, the Haitian doctor got it, and you almost want to cry, because this...[more]