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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) frequently publishes updates, press releases, and other forms of communication about its work in more than 60 countries around the world. See the list below for the most recent updates or search by location, topic, or year.

Field news

Bombs, Shells Hit Four More Hospitals in Damascus Region

October 07, 2016

Over the past week, four major reference hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in opposition-controlled areas of Rural Damascus Governorate were hit by bombing and shelling, damaging the facilities and severely limiting access to medical care. As with the ongoing siege of Aleppo, these incidents occurred as part of an intensifying military surge by the Syrian Government and its allies against opposition areas around the capital.
Speech/open letter

Dr. Joanne Liu Address to United Nations Security Council Regarding Hospital Attacks

September 28, 2016

Speech by Dr. Joanne Liu

International President

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

United Nations Security Council

September 28, 2016, New York, USA

 

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Field news

The People Being Talked About at the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants

September 19, 2016

On September 19, United Nations (UN) member states came together to formulate a more “coordinated and humane approach to address large movements of refugees and migrants," according to the New York Declaration that was ratified today at the UN's Global Summit on Refugees and Migrants.
Speech/open letter

Address by Dr. Joanne Liu to United Nations Security Council, May 3, 2016

May 03, 2016

Speech by Dr. Joanne Liu

International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

United Nations Security Council Briefing

May 3, 2016, New York, USA

 

Excellencies,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Last Wednesday, airstrikes obliterated Al Quds Hospital in Aleppo.

They blew apart at least 50 men, women and children.
Field news

Syria: Additional Information on Latest Hospital Bombing

February 16, 2016

An addendum to our earlier update about the February 15 bombing of a hospital in Idlib province supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF):
Voice from the Field

Garissa, Kenya: A Town in Shock

April 04, 2015

Dr. Bashir Abdiweli is the medical team leader who coordinated the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) response to the Garissa University attacks in eastern Kenya. He arrived on April 2 with MSF’s medical team in the aftermath of the attack to support the Garissa Hospital team in the treatment of casualties.

Slideshow

After the Fighting in Gaza, Needs Continue

September 15, 2014

For 50 days, health staff and patients at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing support, lived and worked in a cycle of fighting, ceasefire, and renewed fighting.
Video

Life Among the Ruins in Gaza

September 15, 2014

 

The open-ended ceasefire agreed on August 26 put an end to 50 days of deadly conflict. Although people appear to be getting on with their lives, nothing has been resolved. They couldn’t escape the bombing and now they can’t go home, even though the guns have been silenced. The return to calm is relative for the many Gaza Strip inhabitants living without water or electricity in over-crowded schools or several families to an apartment.
Video

The Reach of War Beyond Syria

September 15, 2014

 

Three years of war, 190,000 dead, three million refugees. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is witness to the human suffering behind the statistics. The war leaves its mark beyond Syria, in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, as physical and psychological wounds scar its refugees. MSF teams deliver medical services to Syrian refugees in these bordering countries. See the Reach of War: http://reachofwar.msf.org/
Field news

Central African Republic: Insecurity Forces MSF to Halt Activities in Batangafo

September 08, 2014

 

Insecurity has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to stop its activity almost entirely in the city of Batangafo, in northern Central African Republic (CAR). Around 40 MSF workers had to be evacuated because of the growing tension in the town, which has resulted in violent incidents and threats against MSF staff.

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