Stories From the Field

MSF psychologist Audrey Magis discusses how war has affected people in Syria and what MSF is doing to help. Read more »

The conflict in Syria has left an estimated 6.8 million people in urgent need of humanitarian need, both inside and outside the country. Read more »

Thousands of people have fled the town of Pinga in recent days amid a new wave of armed conflict in the DRC's North Kivu Province. Read more »

Authorities in Yemen have freed more than a thousand Somali and Ethiopian migrants, many suffering from torture and sexual abuse while forcibly held by human smugglers. Read more »

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and its supporters should improve access to mental health care services for a population still reeling from decades of conflict, political instability, and social upheaval. Read more »

Violent clashes in Sudan's Darfur region have driven tens of thousands of people across the border into Chad, where a lack of food, water, shelter, and basic services is developing into a humanitarian crisis. Read more »

In Niger, the deadly combination of malaria and malnutrition has created a vicious cycle that has a huge impact on some of the country's most vulnerable people. Read more »

Increasing numbers of children are being treated for malaria and malnutrition in southern Niger compared to one year ago. Read more »

An upsurge in malaria is likely to have serious consequences for people in Orientale province in DRC unless immediate action is taken. Read more »

MSF is finally able to treat children in the village of Bagega now that a long-delayed program to remediate lead contamination is underway. Read more »

After weeks of flooding, thousands of people in Kenya's Tana River Delta region are in urgent need of food, shelter, clean drinking water and medical services. Read more »

MSF Country Representative Benoit De Gryse discusses MSF's "no weapons" policy and building trust with local people in Afghanistan. Read more »

MSF calls on GAVI and pharmaceutical companies to extend discounts so more children can be reached. Read more »

Belgian midwife Cathy Janssens, who recently returned from a MSF assignment in Syria, reflects on the highs and lows of her experience. Read more »

In North Darfur, MSF is helping pregnant mothers avert serious health risks that can occur before, during and, after a baby is born.  Read more »

Conflict in Mali has driven nearly 70,000 refugees to Mbera camp in the Mauritanian desert, where appalling conditions and inadequate assistance are leading to severe malnutrition and deaths from preventable diseases. Read more »

The number of Syrians registering as refugees at Domeez camp continues to climb, but there are not enough services in the camps to keep pace with the increased demand. Read more »

An additional 10,000 refugees fleeing violence in Sudan have arrived in Chad's already-crowded Tissi area. Read more »

Since the start of the conflict in Mali in January 2012, hundreds of thousands of people have fled to other locations inside the country or to neighboring countries. Read more »

Armed chaos is forcing aid agencies to evacuate and leaving people without needed medical care. Read more »

MSF Dr. Raghu Venugopal describes his experience during an emergency in Am Timan, Chad. Read more »

Ten days after the opposition group Seleka took over the city of Bangui, life in the capital is gradually returning to normal. MSF is providing care to victims of violence. Read more »

In October 2011, Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were abducted from the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Read more »

As deadly clashes continue, MSF calls on all parties to the conflict in Mali to respect access to health care. Read more »

This important decision safeguards access to affordable medicines and prevents abusive patenting of drugs. Read more »

MSF coordinator Sylvain Groulx discusses the situation in Bangui almost one week since the Seleka opposition group took control of the city. Read more »

MSF is treating the wounded and providing medical supplies in Bangui after several days of violence. Read more »

MSF helped provide urgent medical care at El Seraif hospital to 121 wounded people, including two children, following recent violence in Jebel Amir, North Darfur state. Read more »

MSF coordinator Fernando Medina discusses the situation in North Darfur, where tribal clashes have forced nearly 100,000 people to flee their homes. Read more »

All parties to the conflict in CAR must respect health facilities and guarantee the population's access to health care. Read more »

MSF has been forced to cancel a conference on medical ethics due to take place in Bahrain in April because of a lack of assurances from authorities. Read more »

MSF project manager Loïc Jaeger describes the situation in Syria, where he spent two months working in an MSF hospital. Read more »

Two new drugs effective against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis must be introduced to improve treatment regimens in countries with a high burden of the devastating disease. Read more »

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are suffering a sharp increase in violence at the hands of security forces in Morocco and at border areas, resulting in serious health problems. Read more »

Despite appearances of relative calm in Mali, the emergency is not over in the country’s northern reaches. Read more »

Diagnosed using two new rapid detection methods, the nine-month-old child is being treated with new child-friendly drug formulations. Read more »

Ukrainian prisons are a hotbed for the disease, with prevalence rates more than ten times higher than in the rest of society. Read more »

Arson and fighting that began last week is still ongoing in the town of Kitchanga in eastern DRC’s North Kivu Province. Read more »

Two years of war has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, where the needs far outstrip the aid that's being provided.  Read more »

At the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections MSF will present data on strategies to reduce the costs and complexity of rolling out routine viral load monitoring in developing countries. Read more »

Unless damaging provisions are removed before negotiations are finalized, the TPP agreement is on track to become the most harmful trade pact ever for access to medicines in developing countries. Read more »

As talks for the TPP Agreement resume this week, MSF calls on the U.S. government to end its stall tactics and revise its proposals for what otherwise promises to be the most harmful trade deal ever for access to medicines in developing countries. Read more »

MSF is mobilizing medical resources to the town of Kitchanga, where fighting has caused widespread casualties and damage to health facilities. Read more »

Efforts underway at the UN to integrate humanitarian assistance into the international military campaign against opponents of Somalia’s government will further threaten the safe delivery of independent and impartial aid to Somalis. Read more »

A measles epidemic is still afflicting tens of thousands of children in northern DRC's Equateur and Orientale provinces. Read more »

MSF Doctor Raghu Venugopal describes his experience providing care in Chad's countryside. Read more »

Recent floods devastated the city of Chokwe in Mozambique’s Gaza Province, leaving people in urgent need of medical care. Read more »

MSF teams have initiated an innovative preventive cholera vaccination campaign in and around the refugee camps in Maban County. Read more »

MSF nurse Emma Pedley describes the trials—and triumphs—of a difficult day in the MSF hospital in Nasir, South Sudan. Read more »

MSF Dr. Susanna Ericsson describes the experience of a patient in Shamwana, where ongoing fighting between government forces and militias has forced thousands of people to flee into the bush. Read more »

Fighting in Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and perilously reduced access to lifesaving medical services. Read more »

The only medical facility in Burundi providing free, comprehensive treatment for obstetric fistula may close due to a lack of trained medical staff Read more »

MSF is treating 13 patients in two health facilities in Upper Nile State following an attack in Jonglei State's Akobo County on February 8. Read more »

Conflict in northern Mali is still forcing large numbers of people to flee their homeland, but the conditions in the camps where they are settling are themselves leading to disease and suffering. Read more »

MSF's Dr. Jose Bafoa explains how MSF is still trying to deliver care to as many people as possible in conflict-torn areas of Mali, particularly those who need malaria treatment. Read more »

Eight months after deadly communal clashes broke out in Myanmar's Rakhine state, tens of thousands of people are still unable to access urgently needed medical care. Read more »

A new MSF survey shows half of refugees not receiving required medical care; immediate steps must be taken to improve shelter and provide aid to new arrivals. Read more »

Eight months since deadly communal clashes first broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, tens of thousands of people are still unable to access urgently needed medical care. Read more »

Medical Coordinator Lucas Molfino describes the situation in Chokwe, where a week of heavy rain has caused severe flooding. Read more »

MSF is working to treat and prevent tropical diseases, says Estrella Lasry, MSF Tropical Medicine Advisor.  Read more »

Three weeks after military operations began in northern Mali, MSF continues to provide lifesaving treatment in the areas of Mopti, Gao, Ansango, Konna, Douentza, and Timbuktu. Read more »

MSF treated 55 wounded patients in Hangu following the February 1 bombing in the town's market. Read more »

MSF Field Coordinator Katrin Kisswani describes the situation in Syria's Jabal Al-Akrad region, where the health system has collapsed after nearly two years of conflict. Read more »

With a hepatitis E epidemic escalating across refugee camps in South Sudan’s Maban County, MSF has treated 3,991 patients and recorded 88 deaths, including 15 pregnant women. Read more »

 MSF-USA’s Grants Officer Mary Vonckx explains how MSF-USA funds projects around the world. Read more »

MSF’s direct mail program is designed to provide reports to our donors about the medical work we carry out in the field and to raise money for that important work. Read more »

Jennifer Tierney discusses MSF-USA funding raising priorities for the coming year.  Read more »

Recent examples from DRC and Liberia. Read more »

Patricia Kahn is an MSF Medical Editor based in New York. Read more »

Notes from the Advocacy team at MSF-USA. Read more »

Dr. Lucy Doyle has worked with MSF in DRC and the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya. Read more »

A report from the logistics team at MSF-USA. Read more »

A former MSF Head of Mission in South Sudan in 2012, Kassia Echavarri-Queen talks about head of mission responsibilities.  Read more »

Johanne Sekkenes is MSF Head of Mission in Mali, which has been gripped by conflict for the past year, and where the risk of attack or kidnapping remains high in certain areas. Read more »

National staff support every MSF project, says Kate Mort, an MSF-USA Field Human Resources Officer.  Read more »

Nick Lawson, MSF-USA’s Director of Field Human Resources, talks about recruting experienced and qualified professionals to the association.  Read more »

MSF programs are run by "desks" in different headquarters offices around the world. Gwenola Francois, MSF-USA deputy program manager, talks about MSF-USA’s portfolio and the priorities for the year ahead. Read more »

MSF is governed by an Association made up of individuals who express their solidarity through the delivery of medical care in the field.  Read more »

In this issue, MSF staff answer fundamental questions about our operations - from how we recruit staff, respond to emergencies and deliver supplies, to how we close projects and share our medical findings with the global health community. Read more »

In the past month, MSF teams in the Bunyakiri reagion of Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province have vaccinated more than 65,000 children aged 6 months to 15 years against measles. Read more »

Cases of measles are on the increase in the eastern region of Pakistan’s Balochistan Province. Read more »

A network of volunteer community health agents set up by MSF is helping tackle malaria in remote areas of Guinea. Read more »

International donors must support cross-border humanitarian operations in opposition-held areas in Syria. Read more »

Following a bomb blast in the center of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz MSF received 22 patients at its surgical hospital there. Read more »

Amid growing insecurity in Syria's Aleppo region, all parties to the conflict must respect patients, medical staff, and health facilities, MSF said today. Read more »

As tensions increase between government forces and Mai-Mai militias in Katanga province, all parties must avoid harming thousands of civilians who have fled into the surrounding bush. Read more »

Governments meeting at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board this week must seize the opportunity to improve serious shortcomings in the document that will drive the global community’s vaccines response for the next decade Read more »

MSF field coordinator Ibrahim Ahmed describes the challenges faced by MSF teams in conflict-wracked Mali and provides an update on the situation in the towns of Douentza and Mopti. Read more »

Two weeks after military operations began in northern Mali, MSF continues to work in the regions of Mopti, Gao, and Timbuktu, and has gained access to Konna. Read more »

After aerial bombs and a rocket struck localities in the west of Syria’s Idlib governorate, 44 wounded patients received emergency treatment in a field hospital operated by MSF. Read more »

As bombings and combat continue in multiple locations in Mali, MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to authorize humanitarian organizations to enter the area of Konna and to allow aid to be provided in all areas affected by fighting. Read more »

People displaced by armed conflict around Goma are now suffering high levels of sexual violence in and around the camps where they have taken shelter. Read more »

At least 20 people were killed and 99 injured when warplanes bombed a market in the northern Syrian city of Azaz on January 13. Read more »

As the government of CAR attempts to implement a peace deal with rebel groups, MSF is expanding its emergency response for people affected by the conflict. Read more »

All parties to the conflict in Mali must avoid harming civilians and health structures, MSF announced today. Read more »

MSF has dispatched two teams to run mobile clinics after Typhoon Bopha devastated coastal parts of Mindanao Island in early December. Read more »

In the north of Syria's Idlib Province, civilians are terrorized by a strategy of intense and indiscriminate bombing and the wounded face few options for emergency medical care. Read more »

One year after the start of the political crisis in Mali, insecurity has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Read more »

A dialysis unit support project located in the Kirkuk general hospital implemented by the international medical humanitarian organization MSF is complete. Read more »

An interview from Le Monde in which MSF operations advisor Fabrice Weissman, recently returned from a mission in Syria, details the enormous scope of the medica needs on the ground. Read more »

Three years after the January 2010 earthquake that battered Haiti, the rebuilding effort continues in fits and starts, especially when it comes to health care. Read more »

MSF has been assisting refugees in South Sudan since November 2011, running field hospitals and providing supplies of clean drinking water and oral rehydration fluids. Read more »