Press Release - 2 Apr 1998

Tuberculosis

TB Time bomb in Siberian prisons

Press Release - 23 Mar 1998

Rwanda

MSF calls for a Commission of Enquiry into the role of the French government in the Rwandan genocide

Press Release - 3 Mar 1998

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Refugee Health: An Approach to Emergency Situations

Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors of this book use their experience in the area to produce an operational manual of the issues involved in refugee health programs. refbooks.msf.org - 13 Jun 1997

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Eye-witness accounts of the evacuation from Srebenica and the fate of missing colleagues

This report is based on interviews with the staff of the Srebrenica hospital and the local MSF staff covering the events that occurred in the days following the fall of the enclave. They explain how they escaped to safety and what happened to the colleagues who are still missing today. Report - 15 Feb 1996

Dr Mohsin telling an elderly patient not to worry about his diagnosis, as the MSF mobile clinic will provide him with treatment and medication, Alladad village, Dadu district, Sindh

About MSF

Chantilly Principles

The Chantilly Principles were written in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide to explain MSF action and identity. association.msf.org - 4 Oct 1995

MSF mobile clinic around La Chapelle distric. MSF is providing medical consultations.

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MSF France

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Selection of medicines used by MSF as prescribed in the organization’s guidelines.

Over- and misuse of antibiotics have contributed to the spread of antibiotic resistant diseases in Afghanistan. In September 2014, MSF carried out research in Ahmad Shah Baba hospital in Kabul to understand why doctors and patients tend towards over prescription and overuse of antibiotics.

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Epicentre

Epicentre is an association that was created in 1986 by MSF to provide epidemiological expertise to underpin MSF operations. Epicentre is part of the MSF movement and largely funded by MSF, but also has the liberty to pursue other projects that are aligned with Epicentre’s mission. epicentre.msf.org

Wide shot of MSF workers standing by a barbed wire fence during a medical consultation of the MSF mobile clinic in Horgos 2 border crossing area in Serbia. MSF is present in Serbia since 2014 providing medical care to migrants in transit through the Balkan route. In 2022 MSF is operational in informal settlements at the Serbian-Hungarian and Serbian-Romanian borders, with two mobile clinics providing primary health care, psycho-social support and health promotion activities.

Europe & Central Asia

Serbia

Since 2014, we have provided medical and psychological assistance channels for asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Serbia. Country

Europe & Central Asia

Slovenia

In 2015, MSF supported the Slovenian Ministry of Health at the Brežice transit centre on the border with Croatia, providing around-the-clock medical assistance to migrants and refugees entering the country along the Balkan route. Country

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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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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