Rony Brauman has just published “Guerres humanitaires? Mensonges et intox” (which could be loosely translated as "Humanitarian Wars? Lies and Brainwashing"). This book, a collection of interviews co-authored with Régis Meyran, explores a number of recent armed interventions that have all shared the goal of saving lives. msf-crash.org - 19 Feb 2018

Humaira, a 25-year-old Rohingya woman, was found by MSF teams in her tent in Jamtoli makeshift settlement living in a state of shock. When violence broke out in her hometown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Humaira lost her husband and was forced to flee despite her very advanced pregnancy. It was October 2017. She walked for days through the forest with her seven-year-old son, Mohamed Faisal. Then, while aboard a boat heading towards Bangladesh, she went into labor. Ruzina, a baby girl, was born. Humaira has not been able to breastfeed her during these past months, and the child is malnourished.
In this photograph, Humaira is in a ward at MSF’s primary healthcare centre in Jamtoli.

Rohingya refugee crisis

Journey of death and life

More than 688,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Cox's Bazar, a district in southeast Bangladesh, since late August 2017, after fleeing violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. They joined several other thousands who had made the same journey in previous crises. Voices from the Field - 19 Feb 2018

Bangladesh

The crisis is not over - Rohingya refugees are still arriving

The numbers of people arriving now are not massive, like in the beginning of the crisis, but we still see a few hundred reaching the country every week after crossing the Naf river. Voices from the Field - 19 Feb 2018

Those that arrive have a multitude of different problems, from broken fingers, to strokes, to diabetes. What is clear is that for most of them their conditions are somewhat neglected. For most the arrival of MSF is a lifeline. Despite the long wait everybody gets to see the a doctor or nurse

South Sudan

The stark choices facing displaced people in Aburoc

"This constant fleeing from one town to another has taken its toll on the community. While some are planning ahead, others are still mentally and physically exhausted by the ordeal of last year." Project Update - 13 Feb 2018

Syria

The situation in the northwest is quickly going from very bad to worse

"This is another step towards disaster in this troubled zone." Voices from the Field - 9 Feb 2018

Cholera Vaccination at St Joseph Churh, one of the 15 sites of vaccination in Kanyama districts.

Zambia

Encouraging new results further demonstrate effectiveness of the single dose oral cholera vaccine

“While the availability of vaccines has improved in recent years, the number is still far from being sufficient to tackle the large-scale outbreaks we are currently seeing" Press Release - 9 Feb 2018

In Borgo Mezzanone, near Foggia, there is a governmental reception center with more than a 1,000 asylum seekers (on the left). Around the center, along an abandoned airport runway, a shantytown is growing: tens of containers and plastic, zinc and paper-made shacks. From 500 to 2,000 migrants and refugees are living in the informal settlements mostrly coming from Sub- Saharian Africa and Somalia: many of them are involved in the agricultural seasonal works, mostly in summer time.

Italy

Migrants and refugees on the margins of society

“Two years after it was first published, the ‘Out of Sight’ report is still a sad survey of vulnerability and marginalisation.” Report - 8 Feb 2018

Pneumonia

MSF challenges Pfizer’s monopoly on lifesaving pneumonia vaccine in South Korea

“In our work, we see many children with life-threatening respiratory infections; many deaths could be prevented if more kids were vaccinated with PCV.” Press Release - 6 Feb 2018

Syria

Idlib’s population suffers the consequences of heavy fighting and airstrikes

Bit by bit, these families have lost everything; some only have their tears left. Voices from the Field - 5 Feb 2018

Snakebite

Affordable and quality antivenoms needed for snakebites

Photo Story - 5 Feb 2018

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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Humanitarian Wars? - Interview with Rony Brauman