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South Sudan

120,000 people in Pibor county cut off from aid

Thousands at-risk of death as rainy and malaria season approaches Press Release - 14 Jun 2013
 
Bangui, hospital communautaire, emergency operation
Central African Republic

Critical needs in the east of the country

Project Update - 14 Jun 2013
 
Influx of Syrians into Domeez Camp, Iraq
Syria

MSF speech at the UN Syria donor conference

Speech delivered by Dr Mego Terzian, MSF president, at the UN donor meeting on Syria. Speech - 7 Jun 2013
 
Iraq - Syrian refugees in Domeez camp
Syria

Words must be turned into humanitarian action for Syrians

After more than two years of raging conflict in Syria, humanitarian assistance inside the country and in neighbouring states hosting Syrian refugees remains far below massive and growing needs. As the United Nations convenes in Geneva on June 7, MSF calls upon it and all relevant States to urgently increase the level of assistance to the Syrian population, and to fulfil their responsibilities towards the millions of victims of violence. Statement - 5 Jun 2013
 
Lebanon - Providing medical care to Syrian refugees in Tripoli
Lebanon

Abundant medical needs among Syrian refugees and victims of local conflict

More than 10,600 Syrian families who have fled their country have taken refuge in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, located approximately 30 kilometres from the Syrian border. Its population includes 500,000 Lebanese citizens, Palestinian refugees living in the Baddawi and Nahr el-Bared camps, and, now, more than 42,000 Syrians who have sought refuge in the city. Project Update - 4 Jun 2013
 
Afghanistan

MSF strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities

Following the attack on an office ICRC in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, MSF strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities. Statement - 30 May 2013
 
Zaatari camp, pediatric hospital
Syria

Syrian refugee narratives: "We had been trying to avoid leaving our country but eventually we had no other choice"

Mostafa is a seven month-old baby from El-Sheikh Miskeen, a small village near Dara’a. He arrived at Zaatari camp a month ago with his father, mother and other five siblings. Mustafa’s mother, Om Mostafa, shared their story with us. Voices from the Field - 30 May 2013
 
Syrian Refugees in Zaatari camp
Syria

Syrian refugees in Jordan: The limits of assistance

Nearly half a million Syrians are now refugees in Jordan, making up a third of the 1.5 million people who have fled the conflict in Syria to neighboring countries. More than 100,000 of them live in Zaatari camp, situated in the North of the country, less than 20 km from the Syrian border. Press Release - 30 May 2013
 
newly displaced people in and around Goma, in Muguga III camp
Democratic Republic of Congo

Displaced people caught up in fighting west of Goma

Fighting with heavy weapons between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the rebel group M23 to the west of the provincial capital Goma resumed yesterday. Many people who were already displaced from their homes after earlier waves of violence are now caught between the shelling and gunfire. Press Release - 22 May 2013
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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