News updates

Somalia : 30 March 2012

MSF hospital shelled in Mogadishu

No casualties among patients or staff[more]

 

World TB Day : 24 March 2012

Alarming scale of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

A rapid response is required to avert emerging global crisis[more]

 

Libya : 22 March 2012

Refugees, displaced, and migrants still need help

MSF continues providing medical and psychological aid[more]

 

Chad : 19 March 2012

Villages organize themselves against malnutrition

Residents bracing for coming months[more]

 

Chad : 19 March 2012

Reducing malnutrition through prevention

Evaluating the impact of nutrition supplements on children's health[more]

 

South Sudan : 15 March 2012

Amani brought her daughter Harrap to the MSF field hospital in Jamam for treatment

South Sudan © Robin Meldrum/MSFAmani and her daughter Harrap

Amani brought her daughter Harrap to the MSF field hospital in Jamam for treatment.

“The rainy season is coming. And the place we are living, it looks like it will be...[more]

 

South Sudan : 15 March 2012

Younassa Lifa Lenya is a Sudanese refugee working as a nurse in the MSF field hospital in Doro.

South Sudan © Robin Meldrum/MSFYounassa Lifa Lenya [right].

Younassa Lifa Lenya is a Sudanese refugee and is now employed as a nurse inthe MSF field hospital in Doro.

“I am a nurse in the clinic. I come from Blue Nile and I...[more]

 

South Sudan : 15 March 2012

A Sudanese woman living in Jamam refugee camp

South Sudan © Robin Meldrum/MSFMore than 80,000 refugees fleeing violence in Blue Nile State in Sudan have gathered in Doro and Jamam camps in South Sudan. This photo was taken in the dry season, with a window of opportunity to...[more]

 

South Sudan : 14 March 2012

Window closing fast for aid to 80,000 refugees

Health and lives at stake without water, food and other basics [more]

 

Burkina faso : 12 March 2012

MSF assists Malian refugees fleeing fighting

20,000 seek safety from violence of army and rebels [more]

 

Republic of Congo : 09 March 2012

Aid for victims at makeshift sites in capital

Water supply, hygiene conditions top priorities[more]

 

Maternal Health : 07 March 2012

Maternal death: The avoidable crisis

MSF highlights medical approaches to avert maternal deaths during humanitarian crises[more]

 

Republic of Congo : 06 March 2012

Medical staff, supplies support hospitals treating the wounded after explosions at arms depot

Tents set up next to emergency wards to increase capacity[more]

 

Afghanistan : 05 March 2012

MSF opens maternity hospital in Khost

Facility offers lifesaving, specialized care for women and newborns[more]