U.S. urged to consent to international inquiry into devastating airstrikes on MSF hospital in Kunduz. Press Release - 15 Oct 2015

Refugees and migrants wait on the Serbian side of the Bapska border crossing, hoping to enter into Croatia.

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

Refugees waitt to be examined at a MSF mobile clinic at the Bapska border crossing in Serbia.

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

Mediterranean migration

Alhassane Zaharia from Benin

Alhassane Zaharia from Benin, on board of Dignity I, talks about his journey to Europe: "This journey is too dangerous. Even now I still don´t have enough courage to look at the sea." Voices from the Field - 15 Oct 2015

Mediterranean migration

Beyond the rescue: saving a life means preserving a story

Testimonies from refugees on board of Dignity I. Project Update - 15 Oct 2015

Mediterranean migration

Dignity in the Mediterranean

Interview with Madeline Habib, the capitan of Dignity I, an MSF's rescue ship in the Mediterranean. Voices from the Field - 15 Oct 2015

Central African Republic

Thousands flee latest violence in Bangui

40,000 people have fled from their neighbourhoods. “They left with nothing and now they’re living in the most appalling conditions. Most have no shelter, no food and almost no access to medical care”, says Jean-Guy Vataux, MSF head of mission in Bangui. Project Update - 14 Oct 2015

Syria

MSF commemorates two years of saving Syrian war-wounded lives in Jordan

MSF has commemorated the second year anniversary for its Emergency Trauma Surgical Project which provides quality medical treatment to Syrian war-wounded patients in Al-Ramtha Government Hospital in the Ramtha district of northern Jordan. Press Release - 14 Oct 2015

Kunduz hospital attack

IHFFC awaits US, Afghanistan consent to proceed with independent investigation

“We have received apologies and condolences, but this is not enough. We are still in the dark about why a well-known hospital full of patients and medical staff was repeatedly bombarded for more than an hour,” said Dr Joanne Liu, MSF International President. Statement - 14 Oct 2015

MSF set up operations in Borno in May 2013 but had to pull out because of the security situation. In August 2014, MSF returned to Maiduguri on a permanent basis. The security situation in Borno continues to be extremely volatile with regular reports of clashes between the military and insurgents, particularly in rural areas. The government is planning the return of IDPs to their home communities by January 2016. But this plan encounters resistance from IDPs as the security situation in the surrounding areas remains tense.

Since 28 September 2015, an MSF team has been working in the 11-bed emergency room at Umaru Shehu hospital in Maiduguri. MSF continues its sanitarian and health surveillance/monitoring in 15 IDP camps. MSF also continues its medical activities in 2 camps – ATC and Teachers Village camps – where we provide primary healthcare and antenatal consultations. MSF also carries out water & sanitation activities in 9 of the 15 IDP camps. In late September 2015 MSF transferred secondary healthcare activities from Maimusari clinic to the Infectious Diseases Hospital. MSF continues to run two clinics in urban districts in Maimusari and Bolori to provide primary healthcare.

Nigeria

A new MSF emergency project in Maiduguri

Since 28 September 2015, MSF has been working at Umaru Shehu hospital in Borno State capital Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, treating patients referred from smaller health facilities and providing care to people wounded during attacks. Project Update - 13 Oct 2015

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 launches petition drive for Afghanistan attack investigation

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

Thousands crossing the Balkans exposed to unnecessary suffering

Alhassane Zaharia from Benin

Beyond the rescue: saving a life means preserving a story

Dignity in the Mediterranean

Thousands flee latest violence in Bangui

MSF commemorates two years of saving Syrian war-wounded lives in Jordan

IHFFC awaits US, Afghanistan consent to proceed with independent investigation

A new MSF emergency project in Maiduguri

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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