www.msf.org.au: Latest News

After a Week of Intense Fighting in Somalia, MSF is Extremely Concerned About the Security of Medical Staff and Safety of Patients

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:19:00 +1100

For the past week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has treated approximately 250 people wounded in the ongoing fighting in Somalia. Following a serious incident in an MSF medical facility in Dinsor, Somalia on Wednesday 27 December, MSF is urging all warring parties to respect international law and guarantee the safety of health structures, including patients and staff.

Doctor

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:30:00 +1100

Karen Kiang, a medical doctor from Northcote in Victoria, has recently returned from southern China. It was her first mission with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and she was working in Nanning, where MSF is providing free antiretroviral drugs to patients with HIV/AIDS. MSF also provides confidential, voluntary HIV testing, treatment of opportunistic infections and psychosocial counselling.

Doctor

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:32:00 +1100

Dr Paul Kwa and Dr Ruth Eagles, two Australian doctors from Townsville, are currently working together in Aweil, South Sudan, a region that is still recovering from a long-running civil war that ended in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the North and South. Both Paul and Ruth have been on previous missions with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): in Darfur, Kenya and Yemen respectively.

Nurse

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:12:00 +1000

Anna Dicker is a nurse from Lennox Head in northern NSW. She is currently on her first mission with Médecins Sans Frontières.

Doctor

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:00 +1000

Dr Meena Okera, a doctor from South Australia, is on her first mission with MSF and working on the HIV/AIDS and TB programme in Homa Bay, Kenya. Here, Meena describes the human side of a doctor’s work in a high prevalence setting.

"Volunteer NGO of 2007" in Sudan: MSF emphasizes government's responsibility towards Darfur's civilians

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:48:00 +1000

The Republic of Sudan has decided to award 'Volunteer NGO of 2007' to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in acknowledgement of its "professionalism and commitment".

Nurse

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:50:00 +1000

In January 2006 Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson was elected Liberian President and in doing so became Africa's first elected woman head of state. One of the biggest challenges ahead is healthcare, as Sydney nurse and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field coordinator Susan Thomas writes in her letter home.

Therapeutic care and food aid for malnourished children in southern Ethiopia

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:26:00 +1000

Addis Ababa - 11,800 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition have been admitted to MSF programs in the Oromiya and Southern Nations and Nationalities People’s (SNNP) regions of southern Ethiopia. In certain areas, poor rainfalls, high food prices, as well as low purchasing power and other factors have led to an alarming situation.

MSF launches a vaccination campaign for 688,500 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:33:00 +1000

A measles epidemic has struck the Tanganyika district of Katanga in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where hundreds of thousands of children are not immunised. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a large scale emergency intervention to treat the sick and vaccinate the children.

MSF international staff return to Somalia

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:44:00 +1100

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has begun returning its expatriate staff to Somalia. MSF’s international aid workers were evacuated from the country as fighting escalated in December.