MSF condemns large scale attacks on civilians

Hundreds of deaths reported; MSF facilities burned and looted. Press Release - 23 Aug 2011

Somalia

Expanding activities despite significant obstacles

For the past few weeks Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Somalia have been trying to expand their operations despite ongoing violence in the capital and other restrictions. As the number of malnourished children continues to rise, it is clear that more assistance is necessary for the already vulnerable Somali population, which has had virtually no access to healthcare for the past two decades. Project Update - 23 Aug 2011

Libya

MSF to expand medical response in western Libya

MSF is preparing to expand its medical response in western Libya to meet urgent humanitarian needs. Press Release - 22 Aug 2011

Libya

Treating all victims of the war

MSF continues to support medical facilities, assist and train health staff and provide mental health care in Misrata. Today, the MSF team is made up of 44 Libyan staff and 30 international staff. Project Update - 18 Aug 2011

Measles

Hiding Behind Health

In 2010, MSF vaccinated 5.8 million people for measles and meningitis alone. The alleged actions of the CIA in the case of Pakistan cast a shadow over these legitimate and life-saving medical acts. Whenever medical activities are used as a tool of war, it hampers our ability to provide assistance—and patients will no longer dare to seek the healthcare they need. Project Update - 20 Jul 2011

Somalia

In Helmand, treating diseases before they become deadly

Gunshot wounds and bomb blasts are not the only life-threatening consequences of war in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Diseases and conditions such as diarrhea and respiratory tract infections can go untreated and become deadly. In MSF’s new outpatient department in Boost Hospital, staff are able to focus on these cases and the challenges they bring. Project Update - 18 Jul 2011

Papua New Guinea

Returning to Bougainville's neglected south after a decade-long absence

MSF is currently the only international NGO based permanently in this remote southern region of Bougainville. The state of care for pregnant women will be one of the biggest priorities for MSF in Buin. In May, for example, approximately one in four pregnant women was classified as an emergency case. Project Update - 14 Jul 2011

South Sudan

As South Sudan enters independence, the long-standing humanitarian emergency continues

The heightened hostility between both sides and violent attacks by the North in contested border areas [Abyei, South Kordofan, and similar patterns of violence on the border between South Darfur and Western Bahr El Ghazal] is making media headlines In the lead-up to the South’s independence from the North. However, other violence has also claimed lives and displaced people this year, but has rarely made it into the news. Voices from the Field - 12 Jul 2011

Pakistan

Despite increased support, limited access prevents the scope of MSF intervention in Kurram Agency, Pakistan

For several years now, the limitation of access to Kurram for our international staff, including medical specialists, is limiting our intervention. The support provided by MSF in Kurram could be extended, replicated to other hospitals and to other FATA agencies, if access restrictions to these areas were lessened. Project Update - 8 Jul 2011

Libya

'As war goes on, people's needs are growing'

“All kinds of people who have never worked in a hospital before are working in medical facilities and caring for others: trying to re-open medical structures or to help with nursing care. A dentist has been working in an emergency department, while an accountant has been sweeping floors. But how long can they hold on? They are constantly working, and they sometimes fall asleep the moment there are no emergency cases.” Voices from the Field - 5 Jul 2011

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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MSF condemns large scale attacks on civilians

Expanding activities despite significant obstacles

MSF to expand medical response in western Libya

Treating all victims of the war

Hiding Behind Health

In Helmand, treating diseases before they become deadly

Returning to Bougainville's neglected south after a decade-long absence

As South Sudan enters independence, the long-standing humanitarian emergency continues

Despite increased support, limited access prevents the scope of MSF intervention in Kurram Agency, Pakistan

'As war goes on, people's needs are growing'

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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