News updates

DRC : 29 March 2011

Lack of adequate response to the measles epidemic

MSF calls for increased action from international health actors[more]

Libya : 28 March 2011

MSF returns to Benghazi

Call repeated to allow unhindered access to aid[more]

Ivory Coast : 25 March 2011

Access to care under serious threat

Health facilities looted, out of supplies[more]

Japan : 24 March 2011

MSF working with psychologists in aftermath of quake

Hygiene kits distributed to people in evacuation centres[more]

NEWS : 24 March 2011

MSF and Tuberculosis

In 2010, MSF treated more than 30,000 people suffering from tuberculosis, including 3,300 children under 15 years of age. MSF, which most often works in co-operation with national authorities, treated this disease in 29 countries...[more]

Cambodia : 24 March 2011

Filling gaps in TB care in Kampong Cham

Documenting the challenges faced by an MSF team working to improve TB care in Cambodia[more]

Mid East & North Africa : 23 March 2011

MSF providing ongoing support in Middle East and North Africa

Teams working with medical facilities, bringing in critical supplies.[more]

Japan : 21 March 2011

Many still vulnerable after disasters

MSF continues to assist in evacuation centres[more]

Ivory Coast : 19 March 2011

MSF treats 66 wounded in Abidjan

Violence hits those caught in the conflict[more]

Japan : 17 March 2011

Interview with Eric Ouannes, General Director, MSF Japan

MSF general director Eric Ouannes in Tokyo talks about MSF’s response to the disasters in Japan.

Can you explain how MSF responded to the disasters in Japan?

Well, rapidly. At least we tried to respond very rapidly. What we...[more]

Japan : 17 March 2011

Patients given lost medication, treated for hypothermia

Teams continue north to find others in need.[more]

Ivory Coast : 16 March 2011

Ongoing violence, instability keeping many Ivorians trapped

81 treated for gunshot or knife wounds over two weeks.[more]

Libya : 15 March 2011

MSF forced to withdraw from Benghazi

Access to people trapped in fighting further diminished[more]

Japan : 15 March 2011

Japan: Funding, Transparency & Accountability

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has sent medical teams to support the government-led earthquake and tsunami response in Japan. Our teams are running mobile clinics and conducting needs assessments, ...[more]

South Sudan : 15 March 2011

Increase in fighting in Malakal

MSF treats 24 wounded[more]

Japan : 15 March 2011

MSF staff working in evacuation centres

Will also start clinic to offer aid.[more]

Libya : 14 March 2011

MSF extremely concerned about plight of wounded

Calls continue for unhindered access to deliver medical care[more]

Japan : 14 March 2011

Significant needs in remote quake and tsunami-hit areas

MSF working with Japanese authorities to help many suffering effects of quake.[more]

Japan : 13 March 2011

MSF continues to assess in quake and tsunami devastated areas

10 person team focusing on needs of vulnerable populations, monitoring situation around nuclear plants.[more]

Japan : 11 March 2011

MSF teams try to reach Japanese area devastated by earthquakes and tsunamis

Roads blocked by flooding. Medical & logistics personnel trying to reach area by helicopter.[more]

Afghanistan : 11 March 2011

"This is our reality"

Patients and caregivers in Helmand province highlight - in their own voices - some of the realities of living in Afghanistan[more]

Libya : 10 March 2011

From east to west: The medical supply lifeline from Benghazi

Getting critical material to health facilities despite insecurity[more]

Libya : 08 March 2011

Ongoing fighting creates medical supply shortages

MSF continues to look into means of delivering more medicine and supplies, by road or by boat, to areas affected by violence [more]

Sudan : 07 March 2011

Tens of thousands displaced following days of fighting in Abyei

MSF committed to delivering impartial medical aid[more]

Video : 07 March 2011

Fistula - Sentenced to injury and shame

Democratic Republic of Congo : 07 March 2011

Wanawake: Being a woman in Congo

Since 1998, people living in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have suffered extreme violence, often finding themselves caught in the middle of an ongoing conflict between government forces and various armed...[more]

Central African Republic : 07 March 2011

Slideshow: MSF treats women injured in childbirth

Approximately two million women worldwide suffer from an obstetric fistula, one of the most serious consequences of obstructed labour. A fistula is a hole between the vagina and the bladder or rectum, through which urine or feces...[more]

NEWS : 07 March 2011

International Women's Day: Focus on fistula

Treating women injured in childbirth, restoring health and dignity[more]

Ivory Coast : 07 March 2011

Situation deteriorates, Ivorian medical staff abandon health posts

MSF asks parties to conflict to allow medical teams to care for all patients[more]

Libya : 04 March 2011

"Key priority is to gain immediate access to the wounded"

Interview with Ivan Gayton, MSF emergency coordinator in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia-Libya border[more]

Libya : 02 March 2011

Aid to violence-affected areas blocked

MSF team supporting Benghazi hospitals. Roadblocks prevent travel to other affected areas. Wounded in Tripoli avoiding hospitals for fear of reprisals.[more]

Libya : 01 March 2011

Audio interview with MSF coordinator in Benghazi

"They’d never had to deal with this kind of situation in Benghazi ever before."[more]