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Earthquake in Turkey: Médecins Sans Frontières distributes specialised tents as winter arrives

Since the earthquake struck southeast Turkey on October 23rd, Médecins Sans Frontières teams - in collaboration with local organisations - have distributed 2,000 winterised tents and 2,000 cooking kits to 12,000 people living in...

10/11/2011 Turkey

Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to quake affected villages in Turkey

Following the earthquake that struck Eastern Turkey last Sunday, killing at least 500 people and injuring 2,500, Médecins Sans Frontières has sent a team to Van and Ercis, the most affected areas. After a first phase of...

31/10/2011 Turkey

Guatemala and Honduras: Médecins Sans Frontières assists people affected by torrential rains

Following the tropical depression which caused flooding and damage in several departments of Guatemala’s Pacific coast in mid-October, Médecins Sans Frontières is distributing relief items to affected populations in 13...

28/10/2011 Guatemala, Honduras

Somalia: Vaccination campaign suspended due to fighting in Daynille

Mogadishu, October 22, 2011 . After heavy fighting erupted on October 20 in Daynille, on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Médecins Sans Frontières was forced to suspend its measles vaccination campaign in the area. The campaign had...

23/10/2011 Somalia

Haiti: Health Ministry Takes Over Cholera Treatment in Cap-Haïtien

One year after the cholera epidemic began, thousands of people in Haiti are still becoming infected every week. Even though healthcare services and measures to prevent the spread of cholera remain broadly inadequate across the...

20/10/2011 Haiti

Update on the two Médecins Sans Frontières staff abducted in Kenya

Yesterday, Thursday October 13, a Médecins Sans Frontières team suffered an attack in Dadaab, Kenya. One of the Médecins Sans Frontières drivers, Mohamed Hassan Borle, age 31, was injured during this attack; his medical condition...

15/10/2011 Kenya

Two Médecins Sans Frontières staff abducted in Kenya

Médecins Sans Frontières confirms that this morning, Thursday October 13, a Médecins Sans Frontières team suffered an incident in Dadaab, Kenya. One driver was injured during the incident; he's currently hospitalised and stable....

14/10/2011 Kenya

Philippines: Médecins Sans Frontières assists Luzon population affected by recent typhoons and floods

14 October, 2011 - The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is providing medical assistance in six low-lying areas hit by back-to-back typhoons and floods in the Bulacan province in Luzon, the...

14/10/2011 Philippines

Aid to displaced persons still insufficient in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, October 11, 2011 – Ravaged by 20 years of civil war, the Somali capital has experienced an influx of displaced persons in the last three months. Providing aid to people who have fled hunger and fighting is a constant...

12/10/2011 Somalia

In Port-au-Prince, the number of people affected by cholera keeps on rising

Cholera is still rife in Haiti and far from under control. Having ravaged other parts of the island in June, it is now returning to the Haitian capital with a vengeance. According to figures from the Ministry of Public Health and...

10/10/2011 Haiti
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