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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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Wider Dangers of Yemen’s War

April 20, 2018
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MSF Statement on Yemen Donor Conference: Aid Still Failing to Reach Many in Need

April 03, 2018

APRIL 3, 2018—In response to an international conference underway today in Geneva, where governments are pledging funds for aid in Yemen, Mercedes Tatay, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) international medical secretary, gave the following statement:
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Mediterranean: MSF's Search and Rescue Ship Aquarius Evacuates 39 Vulnerable People from Boat in Distress

April 01, 2018

On the morning of March 31, the search and rescue ship Aquarius—operated in partnership by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE—along with the Libyan Coastguard, were alerted by the Italian Rescue Maritime Coordination Centre (IMRCC) to a rubber boat in distress with an estimated 120 people in international waters 23-24 nautical miles from the Libyan coast.
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Northwest Syria: Two Airstrikes Cause Mass-Casualty Influx to MSF-Supported Hospital

March 23, 2018

Two airstrikes hit a densely populated neighborhood in the town of Harem in Syria’s Idlib Governorate yesterday afternoon, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières Friday. The nearest MSF-supported field hospital saw 63 injuries and 38 deaths—around half of which were children—in a town where medical staff are already overwhelmed and supplies are limited.
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Mediterranean: European Governments Continue to Obstruct Lifesaving Rescues and Return People to Unsafe Conditions in Libya

March 21, 2018

The decision by Italian authorities to seize Open Arms, a rescue vessel belonging to the Spanish NGO Proactiva, shortly after its crew rescued and disembarked 216 people in the Central Mediterranean on Sunday is the latest in a long series of actions obstructing non-governmental organizations from carrying out lifesaving rescue operations at sea, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.
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Greece: Europe's Two-Year-Old Deal with Turkey Traps Thousands in Disastrous Conditions

March 17, 2018

ATHENS /NEW YORK, MARCH 17, 2018—Two years after the signing of a deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey, Europe's cynical strategy to contain and return people seeking asylum has trapped thousands of vulnerable people in disastrous conditions on Greek islands, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling on Greek and EU authorities to increase transfers to the Greek mainland.
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CAR: Survivors Describe Rape and Kidnapping by Local Armed Group Outside Bossangoa

March 08, 2018

A group of women were taken hostage and raped by a local armed group in western Central African Republic, according to ten survivors who arrived at Bossangoa Hospital for emergency medical care on March 3, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today.
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Syria: Siege on East Ghouta Leaves Medical Care in Complete Collapse

February 24, 2018

MSF is calling for an immediate ceasefire in order to treat the sick and wounded in Syria's besieged East Ghouta enclave. Hospitals and clinics supported by MSF in East Ghouta have seen more than 520 dead and treated 2,500 wounded after just five days of intense bombing and shelling between February 18 and February 23, among them many women and children.

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Yemen: Conflict Puts Renal Failure Patients’ Lives at Risk

February 08, 2018

The lives of thousands of renal failure patients are in danger as kidney treatment centers in war-ravaged Yemen close or struggle to function, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Thursday.
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Mediterranean: 99 People Rescued From Sinking Dinghy, Many Others Presumed Drowned

January 28, 2018

In a nightmarish day on the Mediterranean Sea yesterday, 99 survivors from a sinking rubber boat were rescued by the Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS MEDITERRANEE.

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