After Kenya disintegrated into violence following the country’s disputed presidential election, MSF teams were forced to switch gears from specialized care for chronic diseases to treating machete wounds and running mobile clinics.

On January 28, in what was an organized attack, an MSF vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb while traveling through the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. The blast killed three MSF staff.

Remembering three MSF staff who lost their lives in Somalia.

During the week of January 27, reports surfaced of rebel forces advancing on the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, to oust the president. In preparation, MSF quickly transferred its surgical staff.

Since 1998, civilians in the DRC's North Kivu province have been caught in the middle of a battle for control between local and foreign militias, and the Congolese army. MSF teams have been on the forefront of trying to assist people trapped by the conflict.

Pediatrician Leo Ho worked in the intensive care unit of an MSF-run hospital in Bo, Sierra Leone, an area plagued by malaria. Here, he reflects on his assignment through images captured by photojournalist Francesco Zizola.

For patients with advanced HIV, complications from CMV retinitis— most notably blindness—are preventable. However, screening and treatment are out of reach in many places where CMV retinitis is prevalent.

This spring, MSF will publish, From Ethiopia to Chechnya: Reflections on Humanitarian Action, 1988-1999, a collection of essays from François Jean (1956-1999). 

From Ethiopia to Chechnya: Reflections on Humanitarian Action, 1988-1999 will be available for order by May 15.