News updates

Democratic Republic of Congo : 28 January 2011

More than 50 raped after being ambushed in villages

Civilians bearing brunt of increased violence and insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo[more]

Democratic Republic of Congo : 26 January 2011

Nomadic herders forced to flee again after further threats

600 people living in fear in nearby forest[more]

South Sudan : 26 January 2011

Mothers’ health matters

Lack of medical care continues to threaten health of pregnant women and their babies. Patients travel for days to reach few facilities available.[more]

Kenya : 21 January 2011

Refugee camp empty while tens of thousands of Somali refugees live in appalling conditions nearby

Despite several aid agencies, including MSF, being ready to assist the more than four hundred daily new arrivals, negotiations for the opening of a new refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis continue to be blocked.[more]

Haiti : 20 January 2011

Haiti: One Year Later (Photo Slideshow)

One year after a devastating earthquake killed an estimated 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless, Haitians continue to endure appalling living conditions amid a nationwide cholera outbreak, despite the largest...[more]

Brazil : 17 January 2011

Mobile medical teams respond to floods

Doctor, psychologist and nurse will travel to affected and isolated areas.[more]

Haiti : 14 January 2011

MSF nears 100,000 cholera patients treated

Overall numbers declining, but staff remain alert.[more]

Ivory Coast : 14 January 2011

MSF surgical team treats injured in Duékoué

Uncertainty continues in Ivory Coast since disputed elections took place in November 2010. [more]

Haiti : 13 January 2011

Opinion: Cracks in the foundation

MSF international president Unni Karunakara in The Guardian’s Comment is Free section, Dec. 28, 2010.[more]

Afghanistan : 13 January 2011

Opinion: Dangerous aid

Michiel Hofman on ForeignPolicy.com's AfPak Channel, Jan. 12, 2011.[more]

Pakistan : 12 January 2011

In transition: Flood survivors rebuild lives

MSF providing material and instruction for more solid but still temporary shelter[more]

Haiti : 10 January 2011

Despite massive aid response, significant needs remain one year after quake

MSF issues review of emergency response and current gaps in medical care, shelter, water and sanitation, and secondary healthcare challenges[more]

Haiti : 10 January 2011

Haiti one year after - a review of MSF humanitarian aid operations

Haitians faced the adversities of life on a daily basis even before a devastating earthquake struck on January 12, 2010. As a major medical and humanitarian organization that’s been present in Haiti since 1991, MSF saw firsthand...[more]

Haiti : 10 January 2011

Mirlanda - A Patient Story

Mirlanda, a young MSF patient in Haiti who lost her mother and a leg to the earthquake, is a source of inspiration to the MSF staff, her fellow patients, and the photographer who captured her spirit in these images. Photographs...

Sudan : 07 January 2011

Access to care a priority in healthcare desert of the south

While the world is interested in Southern Sudan’s political situation ahead of the referendum on self-determination on Jan. 9, the region is in the midst of a humanitarian and medical crisis. More than 75 per cent of people...[more]

Sudan : 07 January 2011

Opinion: Southern Sudan's forgotten emergencies

Jonathan Whittall in the Mail & Guardian newspaper, Johannesburg, January 7, 2011.[more]

Sudan : 07 January 2011

Women and children pay heaviest price for lack of healthcare in Abyei

On Jan. 9, the people of Southern Sudan will vote in a referendum to make the historical decision of whether they wish to remain united with the north, or form the world’s newest country. Residents in the border areas of Abyei...[more]

Democratic Republic of Congo : 06 January 2011

MSF treats survivors of mass rape on New Year’s Day

Thirty-three women raped on New Year’s Day in Fizi, South Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo have received specialized care from international emergency medical humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

The...[more]

Burundi : 06 January 2011

Fistula: The backyard disease

Obstructed labour and little medical care leave women in many developing countries socially isolated and vulnerable.[more]

Access to Essential Medicines : 06 January 2011

Ten Stories That Mattered in Access to Medicines in 2010

Through its Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been closely following the developments in the world of access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics.

Among...[more]

Haiti : 03 January 2011

84,500 Haitians treated in wake of cholera epidemic

Other critical medical aid ongoing.[more]