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DRC: Armed Congolese soldiers enter Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Hauts Plateaux, South Kivu, and remove wounded patients

Médecins Sans Frontières demands that all parties to the conflict respect medical structures.

Earthquake in Chile: Providing psychological support, workshops, and training to help the population overcome fear

The numerous tremors that followed the February 27 earthquake in Chile have added new levels of...

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	Topic	Date	Location
	Earthquake in Chile: Providing psychological support, workshops, and training to help the population overcome fear The numerous tremors that followed the February 27 earthquake in Chile have added new levels of stress to an already shaken population. Médecins Sans Frontières has therefore made mental health care a priority in its response to...	17/03/2010	Chile
	Earthquake in Chile: “Houses were literally swallowed by the tide” Médecins Sans Frontières teams provide assistance to a traumatised population further affected by powerful aftershocks.	15/03/2010	Chile
	Haiti: Two month post earthquake update March 12, 2010. Two months after the January 12 earthquake, medical needs remain immense in Haiti and living conditions are extremely precarious. Although the phase of urgent life-saving medical care has passed, there continues a...	15/03/2010	Haiti
	Papua New Guinea: Médecins Sans Frontières completes emergency cholera intervention March 8, 2010. Médecins Sans Frontières has completed a seven month long emergency cholera intervention in Papua New Guinea.	12/03/2010	Papua New Guinea
	Two Abducted Médecins Sans Frontières Staff Released in Haiti Port-au-Prince, March 11, 2010 – Two staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières, abducted on March 5 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti were safely released today.	12/03/2010	Haiti
	Earthquake in Chile: Supporting hospitals, organising mobile clinics, sending in more supplies by plane Monday, March 8, 2010. Ten days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile, the Médecins San Frontières teams that have travelled through the affected areas are focusing their interventions on the most urgent needs:...	09/03/2010	Chile
	Afghanistan: Providing badly needed health care in Helmand Province Médecins Sans Frontières has now started supporting the regional Boost hospital in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province in Afghanistan. Our aim is to provide free, life-saving medical care in all areas including maternity,...	09/03/2010	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan: Improving the quality of care in Eastern Kabul Médecins Sans Frontières has been supporting the district hospital of Ahmed Shah Baba in Eastern Kabul since October 2009. The population of Kabul has tripled over the last 10 years. Some people are fleeing conflict torn areas to...	09/03/2010	Afghanistan
	Republic of Congo: the forgotten people of the Ubangi River Tens of thousands of refugee families on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic (CAR) are facing extreme shortages of food, shelter and healthcare. The refugees fled violence which...	08/03/2010	Republic of Congo
	Expansion of post-operative care in Haiti Seven weeks after the earthquake of January 12, which left up to 300,000 people injured, medical needs remain immense in Haiti, and they continue to grow. A crucial phase has begun, in which thousands of injured people require...	04/03/2010	Haiti