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Ukraine

MSF strongly refutes false allegations levelled in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of the Donetsk People’s Republic

MSF strongly refutes the false allegations made in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of DPR regarding its medical-humanitarian activities. Statement - 26 Oct 2015

Mediterranean migration

“The determination of the refugees to reach their destination is shocking.”

Interview with Jota Echevarría, MSF medical coordinator first in Hungary and Serbia and later in Croatia, who describes MSF activities since the beginning of its operations in Hungary. Voices from the Field - 15 Oct 2015

Mediterranean migration

Thousands crossing the Balkans exposed to unnecessary suffering

MSF warns that thousands of refugees and migrants in the Balkans have been exposed to conditions that pose a real threat to their health as assistance fails to meet minimum standard.“The lack of basic services is already having an impact on their health, and the situation will only get worse this winter if adequate shelters, warm food and hygiene facilities at registration and transportation points are not rapidly provided," says Aurelie Ponthieu, MSF’s Humanitarian Adviser on Displacement. "We cannot wait for a dramatic event to happen, safe and adequate transit conditions, adapted to the coming low temperatures, need to be guaranteed now”. Project Update - 15 Oct 2015

Ukraine

MSF refused permission to work in Lugansk, leaving vulnerable people deprived of essential healthcare and medicines

“We find the decision unacceptable given the significant medical and humanitarian needs of people affected by the ongoing conflict in Lugansk,” says Dr Bart Janssens, MSF Director of Operations. “MSF has been one of the few international organisations providing vital assistance in Lugansk for more than a year. As in all conflict zones where MSF works, our only aim has been to help vulnerable people, no matter their political beliefs or which side of the frontline they find themselves on.” Statement - 25 Sep 2015

Iraq

One year after fleeing violence, families in northern Iraq still live in uncertainty

“Many families are in need of humanitarian assistance and live in appalling conditions in unfinished buildings. Donors have started to turn away and people living outside of the camps continue to be neglected,” says MSF field coordinator Caroline Voûte. Between January and June 2015, MSF medical teams provided a total of 15,788 consultations to displaced people living in unfinished buildings around Zakho. Voices from the Field - 3 Aug 2015

Haemorrhagic fevers

crisis update - 17 July 2015

Though Ebola has faded from the news headlines, the epidemic in West Africa continues to claim lives today. Around 30 people become infected each week in Sierra Leone and Guinea – a number that would be considered a major disaster under normal circumstances – and the outbreak has recently reemerged in Liberia. Crisis Update - 17 Jul 2015

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Ethiopia

People’s needs, not country income, should guide development funding for health

Policies underlying international development aid by traditional donors, including the funding for health, are predominantly driven by the classification of countries according to their gross national income (GNI) per capita. Project Update - 10 Jul 2015

Tuberculosis

New TB drug regimen helps patients with extensive resistance to treatment

MSF says a new combination of drugs created to treat extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is having a significant impact on a group of patients who are in the midst of a two-year treatment to cure their disease. Press Release - 8 Jul 2015

Palestine

Aiding & Abetting? The Limits of Humanitarian Aid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

As has been the case for the past 15 years, our presence is our protest in the face of an occupation that has taken on a near-permanent character. While there is no shortage of suffering in Gaza and the West Bank, an international acceptance of the unacceptable is now the deadliest form of the occupation for Palestinians – with no end in sight. Voices from the Field - 7 Jul 2015

Iraq

MSF provides assistance to the displaced and refugees in Kurdistan

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in the Erbil region or northern Iraq since 2013 providing primary healthcare and mental health services to Syrian refugees who have fled from the conflict that continues to rage in their country. MSF also assists Iraqis who have been forced out of their homes by the violence. Crisis Update - 26 May 2015

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