News updates

Opinion : 31 January 2012

What ‘Uniting to combat tropical diseases’ will really require

Drug distribution alone isn’t enough[more]

 

Access Campaign : 30 January 2012

Combatting tropical diseases

What is still missing[more]

 

Opinion : 30 January 2012

Stop deaths, not funding

In the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, we should be dealing a knock-out blow. The Global Fund must call an emergency donor conference so countries can reverse these killer epidemics.

 

By Unni Karunakara,...[more]

 

Turkey : 27 January 2012

Mental health support helping earthquake survivors cope

MSF staff working with Turkish organizations[more]

 

Libya : 26 January 2012

Detainees tortured and denied medical care

MSF suspends work in detention centres in Misrata[more]

 

South Sudan : 24 January 2012

‘We tried to hide in the high grass but they heard my child crying’

Stories from survivors of ongoing extreme violence[more]

 

South Sudan : 24 January 2012

Latest attacks in Jonglei State perpetuate a pattern of extreme violence

Even running away is not enough[more]

 

Somalia : 19 January 2012

MSF closing its largest medical centres in Mogadishu after killings

Other Somali projects continue, but MSF aid in Somali capital reduced by half[more]

 

South Sudan : 13 January 2012

13 transferred for surgery after ongoing violence

Majority are children under five and women[more]

 

Chad : 12 January 2012

Cholera epidemic passes, teams continue to monitor for cases

Improved access to clean water critical[more]

 

South Sudan : 10 January 2012

MSF responding after intercommunal violence in Jonglei State

Climate of uncertainty creates challenges[more]

 

Haiti : 10 January 2012

MSF still vigilant about critical medical needs

Capacity increased in area affected by quake[more]

 

Somalia : 09 January 2012

MSF condemns attacks on aid workers

Calls for release of abducted colleagues[more]

 

Pakistan : 06 January 2012

More than 20,000 receive care in Hangu in 2011

Hopes are to continue free emergency medical support[more]

 

Central African Republic : 06 January 2012

A day in the MSF hospital in Paoua

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) manages the hospital in Paoua, the only one in the subprefecture which has a population of approximately 120,000. MSF teams here in Central African Republic work with the Ministry of Health in all...[more]

 

Central African Republic : 06 January 2012

An estimated 300 doctors – for 5 million people

Interview with MSF head of mission in CAR[more]

 

NEWS : 04 January 2012

Mortality rate in Central African Republic at emergency level

MSF calls for national and international response to crisis[more]

 

South Sudan : 03 January 2012

Thousands of civilians fleeing with no aid

Medical facilities looted and damaged[more]