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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.

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Field news

Forgotten in Tunisia

August 24, 2017

Stories and testimonies from migrants in Zazis, Sfaz, and Medenine, Tunisia.
Press release

More than 400,000 Demand Pfizer and GSK Cut Price of Lifesaving Pneumonia Vaccine

April 27, 2016

MSF hands over global petition as volunteers place 2,500 flowers in front of Pfizer’s headquarters in New York, representing the number of kids who die of pneumonia each day.
Field news

MSF Trains Tunisian Fishermen in Saving Lives at Sea

August 31, 2015

In order to increase Tunisian fishermen’s capacity to carry out rescues at sea, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has carried out a six-day training course with 116 local fishermen in the town of Zarzis. MSF is also training the Tunisian and Libyan Red Crescents, the Tunisian Civil Protection Service, and the Tunisian National Guard in the management of dead bodies and how to receive people who are rescued and brought to shore.
Briefing document

Trapped in Transit: The Neglected Victims of the War in Libya

June 30, 2011

The war in Libya is not only having an impact on Libyan nationals, but also on the 2.5 million migrants who have come there to work or live or are passing through to reach another destination. 

Voice from the Field

Tunisia: "When my little brother asks about our mother, I tell him she went to the market?

June 29, 2011

John*, 15, his brother Matthew*, 3, and their mother left Libya on a boat headed for Italy when the war began. They lost their mother when the boat capsized. 

Voice from the Field

Tunisia: "In Libya, we were treated like slaves"

June 29, 2011

Mouhaydin, 27, worked as a laborer and a cleaner in Libya before the war. He arrived at Shousha camp in March with his wife. She died on a boat to Europe in April. 

Voice from the Field

Tunisia: "I prefer dying in Libya to dying here"

June 29, 2011

Abdul, 23, spent four months in a desert prison in Libya before escaping to Shousha camp on the Tunisian border. Fearing insecurity in Shousha, he says he is ready to go back to Libya.

Field news

Libya: MSF Expands Its Support As The Fighting Continues

June 09, 2011

MSF is expanding its assistance in Misrata, Benghazi, Zintan, in camps along the Libyan-Tunisian border, and on the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Sicily.

Press release

Tunisia: Refugees Fleeing Libya Still Seeking A Safe Place to Go

May 25, 2011

With violence escalating in a refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border, MSF expressed alarm over the deteriorating living conditions encountered by refugees stranded in temporary camps.

Video

Month in Focus: May 2011

May 18, 2011

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports on projects in Libya, Ivory Coast, and Haiti, and on its work treating and advocating for people living with HIV/AIDS.

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