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Press releases :: 2008

» Worrying Ruling In Court Case Between Dutch Government And MSF › 14/07/08
» Repeated obstructions lead MSF Switzerland to pull out from Fiiq, Somali Region of Ethiopia › 03/07/08
» G8 Leaders Must Take Action to Save Most Vulnerable In Food Crisis › 03/07/08
» Refugee Camp In Your City - inTENTsive care with Médecins Sans Frontières (Australian Event Media Advisory) › 01/07/08
» Trapped Somali Populations Need Immediate Life-Saving Assistance › 26/06/08
» Thailand Forcibly Returns Hundreds of Hmong Refugees to Laos › 25/06/08
» Mount Elgon, Kenya: A Terrorised Population in Desperate Need of Assistance › 17/06/08
» Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people in South Africa › 02/06/08
» UN Food Crisis Summit Must Move Beyond Old Ineffective Recipes › 02/06/08
» Dutch Government Pursues MSF in Swiss Federal Court › 27/05/08
» Fighting in the town of Abyei: MSF treats the wounded › 22/05/08
» MSF teams delivering aid to the Delta call for immediate and unobstructed escalation of relief operations › 16/05/08
» MSF Witnesses Forced Return and Resettlement in a camp in western Kenya › 16/05/08
» Myanmar Cyclone: MSF teams intensify emergency response, as first relief plane is due to land in Yangon › 10/05/08
» Myanmar Cyclone: MSF teams bring immediate assistance, while additional staff and relief materials are ready to be sent › 07/05/08
» Call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system › 28.04.08
» Fuel Crisis in Gaza: MSF Is Forced To Scale Back Its Medical Activities › 24/04/08
» Medecins Sans Frontieres Closes Medical Project in Kismayo, Somalia › 03/04/08
» Central African Republic: Woman shot dead in MSF ambulance in targeted attack › 13/03/08
» Shocking maternal mortality rates mark International Women's Day: MSF to host Women's    Health Forum › 03/03/08
» Geneva Court Rules in Favour of MSF in Dutch Government Case › 27/02/08
» Darfur: aerial bombings and attacks lead thousands of civilians to flee to Chad › 13/02/08
» MSF is shocked and outraged by attack on our team in Somalia and suspends international    staff presence › 01/02/08
» Three MSF Aid Workers Killed in Serious Incident in Kismayo, Somalia › 28/01/08
» MSF treats new wounded in Nairobi › 18/01/08
» Bangladesh: MSF ends emergency intervention in areas affected by cyclone Sidr › 08/01/08
» Medecins Sans Frontieres tries to respond during heavy fighting in northwest Pakistan    › 03/01/08
» Two Medecine Sans Frontieres aid workers freed in Bassaso (Somalia) › 02/01/08


Press releases :: 2007

» MSF Releases 10th Annual “Top Ten” Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007 ›    20/12/07
» MSF encounters 56 dead people on the shore of Yemen › 16/12/07
» After the hand over of its last project, MSF leaves Rwanda › 12/12/07
» Somalia: Displaced Populations Fleeing War in Mogadishu Face a Dramatic Situation >    12/12/07
» Uganda: MSF Teams Confront an Ebola Epidemic in Bundibugyo and Kikyo > 07/12/07
» Mexico: Medical Consultations and Distribution of Material > 13/11/07
» Somalia: No safe place in Mogadishu > 07/11/07
» MSF and TB Experts Call for New Approach to Test TB Drugs > 07/11/07
» MSF Calls on Thailand to Halt Forcible Return of Hmong Refugees to Laos > 31/10/07
» Ebola work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) coming to an end > 26/10/07
» Dabaga, Niger: Médecins Sans Frontières halts activities > 24/10/07
» Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo: Civilian populations still subjected to sexual violence and high levels of brutality > 24/10/07
» Ebola: Nearing control of the outbreak, but vigilance still required > 01/10/07
» Violence in North Kivu, DRC : Assistance severely hampered > 28/09/07
» Clarification of Relations Between Dr. Bernard Kouchner and MSF> 21/09/07
» Access to medical care dangerously scarce in and around Mogadishu, Somalia; Needs increasing amidst ongoing violence > Press Release > 20/08/07
» Cameroon - Critical nutritional situation for Central African refugees > 01/08/07
» Central African Republic: Ongoing insecurity threatens lives of civilians and aid workers, blocking urgent medical care > 26/06/07
» MSF Aid Worker Killed in the Central African Republic > 12/06/07
» MSF staff victims of shooting incident in Mogadishu > 07/06/07
» Health worker shortage limits access to HIV/AIDS treatment in southern Africa – new MSF report “Help Wanted” > 24/05/07
» MSF expresses dismay at the decision announced by the Dutch Government to appeal Geneva Court ruling > 24/04/07
» Somalia: MSF is extremely concerned as tens of thousands of displaced fleeing violence in Mogadishu face critical humanitarian needs > 24/04/07
» MSF expresses concern over health situation of Somalis in Mogadishu > 12/04/07
» Burkina Faso: Response from international donors to meningitis epidemic unacceptably slow › 26/03/07
» Tuberculosis: fighting a losing battle? › 22/03/07
» Dutch Govt vs MSF court case decision › 15/03/07
» Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh: stuck with nowhere to go › 12/03/07
» MSF urges Novartis shareholders to join the call on CEO Vasella to ‘Drop the Case’ against the Indian government › 05/03/07
» Chad: For MSF insecurity is no alibi for inaction › 02/03/07
» Medecins sans Frontieres welcomes the introduction of a new open-source user-friendly drug combination against malaria › 02/03/07
» MSF study shows good outcomes for second-line AIDS treatment in resource-poor settings › 01/03/07
» Curfew and airport closure hamper emergency care in Guinea › 14/02/07
» West Darfur: Populations recently displaced by violence remain isolated and deprived of assistance › 29/01/07
» Tuberculosis Experts Outline Proposals to Speed Up Drug Development › 12/01/07

Press releases :: 2006

» MSF Issues "Top Ten" underreported humanitarian stories of 2006 › E-news › Jan 07
» MSF is extremely concerned about the security of medical staff and safety of patients in Somalia › 28/12/06
» MSF Urges Novartis to Drop its Case Against the Indian Government › 20/12/06
» MSF Welcomes Move to Overcome Patent on AIDS Drug in Thailand › 29/11/06
» People Not Getting the Treatment They Need to Stay Alive - Newer AIDS Drugs Unaffordable and Unavailable › 29/11/06
» Flooding increases humanitarian needs in Somalia › 22/11/06
» Attack in Eastern Chad Forces Displaced Persons to Flee Again › 20/11/06
» Civilians in West Darfur Deprived of Assistance as Attacks Intensify › 17/11/06
» Mass Measles Vaccinations Are Effective At Early Signs of Outbreak › 15/11/06
» Lessons from Pain: Treating Sierra Leone's Endless Health Emergency › 17/10/06
» Kala-azar kills thousands each year - Research makes better treatment of neglected tropical disease possible > 04/10/06
» Afghanistan MSF staff’s murder: main suspect released on bail > 26/09/06
» The suspension of aid has led to a serious deterioration in access to health care for Palestinians > 21/09/06
» MSF denounces the murders of humanitarian aid workers in Sri Lanka > 09/08/06
» DRC: Alarming medical and sanitary situation: MSF brings assistance to 39,000 displaced people in Gety > 20/07/06
» Abbott picks and chooses which patients get crucial new version of aids drug in developing countries > 06/07/06
» Tackling HIV/AIDS in Resource Poor Settings > 06/06
» No end in sight as pneumonic plague outbreak increases in Ituri (DRC) > 22/06/06
» Over 10,000 people flee violence in Chad > 16/06/06
» Prevented from working, the French Section of MSF leaves Myanmar (Burma) > 30/03/06
» Access denied to crucial new hiv/aids drugs – developing countries forced to settle for second-best > 15/03/06

 

Press release archive :: 2005

» Australian emergency workers respond to Niger’s food crisis> Aug 2005
» Aussie DOCTORS FOR DOCTORS DAY > Aug 2005
» In the MSF therapeutic feeding centre in Maradi, Niger > Jun 2005
» Nutritional crisis in Niger - MSF calls for free food distribution > Jun 2005

 

Press release archive :: 2004

» Access to health care in Bulgaria > Sep 2004
» Medecins Sans Frontieres leaves Afghanistan after 24 years > Sep 2004
» Darfur disaster – aid effort nowhere near enough > Jul 2004

 

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