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February 3, 2010

Haiti: Two Weeks of Emergency Care in Review

With conditions finally improving for the practice of surgery and medicine, three MSF staff members describe how the teams treated patients in the ruins of the Delmas district in the immediate aftermath of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. Read more »

February 3, 2010

Voice from the Field: Haiti: An Anesthetist’s 10-day Mission

Dr. Philippe Touchard, an anesthetist, is head of emergencies at the Pasteur Hospital in Langon, near Bordeaux. Forty-eight hours after the January 12 earthquake, he flew to Haiti to reinforce MSF’s surgical teams in Port-au-Prince. Here are exerpts of his journal of this short mission. Read more »

February 3, 2010 | Press Release

Mogadishu: 66 Women And Children Injured By Indiscriminate Shelling

Nairobi/New York, February 3, 2010—As fierce fighting once again grips Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) admitted 89 people suffering from blast injuries to its hospital in the Daynile area of the city between January 29 and February 2. Of these, 66 were women and children. Read more »

February 3, 2010

Pakistan: MSF Teams Treat Wounded After Explosion in Lower Dir

Following an explosion in Lower Dir district, MSF teams in Timurgara district hospital received 126 wounded people, including children. Read more »

February 2, 2010 | Press Release

On the Other Side of the Wall: MSF Releases Second Report on Italy’s Detention Centers for Migrants

Rome, February 2, 2010 – More than ten years since Italy’s migrant centers were set up, their management still seems to be conditioned by an emergency type approach. Services seem to have been organized to satisfy only the most basic needs, with no regard for creating acceptable conditions for the psychological and physical well-being of detainees. Since the new regulation came into effect extending the maximum period of detention from two to six months, there have been no planned improvements in the distribution of services to migrant populations. Read more »

February 2, 2010

Haiti: New Life Amid the Rubble

MSF has been providing emergency obstetrics care for pregnant mothers. Read more »

February 1, 2010

Haiti: Operating Theaters Still Busy, But Nature of Injuries Starting to Change

The nature of the injuries and conditions in Haiti is gradually changing. Read more »

January 29, 2010

Voice from the Field: Haiti: "It's Going to be a Very Long Recovery"

MSF International President Dr. Christophe Fournier reflects on his time in Haiti and the many challenges to come. Read more »

January 29, 2010

Burundi: MSF Responding to Alarming Rise in Malaria Infections in Kayanza Province

MSF’s diagnosis was that incidence of the disease is indeed higher, which prompted the organization to reinforce its response in the area. Read more »

January 28, 2010

Voice from the Field: Haiti: Immediate and Long-term Health Needs

Brigg Reilley, an MSF epidemiologist in Haiti, discusses MSF’s current priorities as well as the priorities in the weeks and months to come. Read more »

January 28, 2010

Haiti: As Situation Evolves, So Do Services

MSF continues to focus primarily on providing medical services in hospitals and clinics in Haiti, but teams are also adapting to the evolving situation on the ground. Read more »

January 27, 2010

Voice from the Field: Haiti: Courage, Selflessness, and Discovery

In any tragedy there are miraculous moments. Today I learned of one of those moments and was witness to another. Read more »

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