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 2015. Kos. Greece. A Syrian refugee waits his turn at the MSF clinic which has been set up inside the Hotel Captain Elias . 
The Captain Elias hotel has been abandoned for many years. With a recent surge of migrants arriving by boat from Turkey, the Kos authorities direct migrants to stay there while they await the authorization from the police to leave the island. The conditions there are precarious, with poor hygiene and safety. MSF staff work inside the building to provide medical and psychological assistance, and to improve water and sanitation conditions.
Greece

No welcome for migrants and refugees landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

Testimonies: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen people so totally abandoned (...) just threw them in there with no information, no help, no provisions, nothing." Voices from the Field - 18 Jun 2015
 
The intensity and number of attacks against medical facilities in Syria is increasing.

Busra hospital, in Dara’a governorate, in the South, was destroyed after being hit by ten barrel bombs on Monday night. It is one of ten medical facilities that have been targeted in the past month. Busra hospital was the only health facility providing neonatal and dialysis services in Dara’a.
Syria

Barrage of barrel bombs destroys MSF health facility

Busra hospital, in Dara’a governorate, was destroyed after being hit by ten barrel bombs on Monday night.This aggression came only a few days after another attack on a hospital supported by MSF in Aleppo governorate, in northern Syria. Press Release - 18 Jun 2015
 
Even today, people are still displaced on a daily basis.  Since the crisis began, the organization’s health care providers have seen more than 33,000 patients, performed more than 200 surgeries and 90 Caesarean sections, and delivered an additional 130 babies.
Democratic Republic of Congo

A new project for victims of violence in Boga

MSF launched a new project with local partners in Boga focusing principally on reproductive health, the medical and psychological treatment of victims of violence. Project Update - 17 Jun 2015
 
Blood samples for a coagulation test following a snake bite at the Paoua hospital, northwestern Central African Republic, supported by MSF.
Medical resource

A Global Biomedical R&D Fund and Mechanism for Innovations of Public Health Importance

PLOS Medicine paper on the need for a preparedness R&D mechanism that can quickly deliver innovative responses to emerging health threats. Journal article - 17 Jun 2015
 
In Kabul, Afghanistan, women going through labor are helped by midwives at the Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital, which is known for its maternity care. Midwife Iline Ceelen comforts a woman going through labor.
Website

Because Tomorrow Needs Her

Because Tomorrow Needs Her explores challenges through the experiences of MSF field workers: doctors, midwives, nurses and counsellors. womenshealth.msf.org
 
Yvonne back home after successful fistula repair surgery. “I’m really happy because the sickness I went to be treated for has been healed,” she said.
Women's health

Women's Health: Because Tomorrow Needs Her

A collection of first-hand stories of trying to save women’s lives in developing countries: the challenges, the successes, and what still needs to be done. Campaign - 16 Jun 2015
 
MSF and Bourbon Argos crew looking at two inflattable boats full of people a few minutes before the rescue on June 1st 2015 in the Mediterranean sea off the Libyan Coast.
Mediterranean migration

MSF saddened by loss of life during Argos ship rescue

“MSF is deeply saddened by this loss of life and our thoughts go out to the victims and their loved ones” says Meinie Nicolai, MSF President, and former nurse supervisor on board the Bourbon Argos. Statement - 15 Jun 2015
 
Preparations on the MSF ship Dignity I at Barcelona port.
The Dignity I has a crew of 18, including medical staff. The 50 metre-long vessel will leave the port of Barcelona on mid-June and has the capacity to carry 300 rescuees. 
A third search, rescue and medical care boat, with teams from MSF will assist people trying to reach Europe by sea in a bid to escape war, persecution and poverty at home.
Mediterranean migration

MSF bolsters operations in the Mediterranean Sea

A third search, rescue and medical care boat, with teams from MSF on board, will assist people trying to reach Europe by sea in a bid to escape war, persecution and poverty at home. Press Release - 13 Jun 2015
 
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Nepal

In Memoriam: MSF colleagues lost in Nepal crash

On Tuesday 2nd June, three of our colleagues lost their lives in a helicopter crash in Nepal. Sandeep Mahat, Jessica Wilford, and Sher Bahadur Karki (Raj) were flying back to Kathmandu after delivering much-needed medical and humanitarian assistance to earthquake-affected villages in Sindhupalchowk district when the accident occurred. We miss them all tremendously. Statement - 12 Jun 2015
 
A woman holds a sign at the Stop Stock Outs (SSP) activist meeting in Soshanguve, a township outside of Pretoria on April 16, 2015.
South Africa

Drug shortages threaten progress made in the world’s largest HIV programme

A new survey released by Stop Stock Outs Project shows that shortages of essential HIV and tuberculosis medicines in most South African provinces are a systematic obstacle to the success of the largest antiretroviral treatment program in the world. Press Release - 11 Jun 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.
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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