Field news

Topic	Date	Location
Gaza Strip: Ad hoc specialised surgeries The number of people in the Gaza Strip suffering the after-effects of serious injuries has increased in recent years. However, with the embargo currently in effect, it is very difficult to obtain access to appropriate,...	10/10/2011	Palestinian Territories
Pakistan: Providing basic healthcare to families displaced by severe flooding in southern Sindh Severe flooding in Pakistan has affected millions of people, with the southeastern province of Sindh particularly badly hit. Weeks of torrential monsoon rains have seen canals bursting their banks and flooding villages, leaving...	10/10/2011	Pakistan
Iran: Médecins Sans Frontières forced to leave Zahedan At the request of authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières has terminated its medical care activities in the city of Zahedan, capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran.	06/10/2011
Libya: Providing urgent medical care in Sirte Médecins Sans Frontières finally managed to deliver medicines and medical supplies to Sirte on 3 October, which is at the heart of the current fighting. For the last ten days, Médecins Sans Frontières has attempted to deliver...	05/10/2011	Libya
Swaziland: a new ward to treat patients with drug resistant tuberculosis Last week, the first patients infected with drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) were admitted in a new wing at Nhlangano Health Centre, in the Shiselweni region (southern Swaziland). The facility was constructed by Médecins Sans...	30/09/2011	Swaziland
Fighting measles in Somalia – rising to a difficult challenge Measles. It starts with a fever, runny nose and a cough. Then a rash. For children who are not immunised this often spells disaster. Today, in Somalia measles is among the biggest threats to the survival of tens of thousands of...	30/09/2011	Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières response to floods victims in Sindh Monsoon rains and floods continue to ravage southern Pakistan, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced and vulnerable in Sindh province. In the coming days, a Médecins Sans Frontières team of 13 will launch mobile clinics...	21/09/2011	Pakistan
Médecins Sans Frontières Teams Treat Wounded from Lower Dir Blast 15 September 2011 -- Following a bomb blast today at a funeral in the Jandol area of Lower Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, dozens of severely injured people have been treated by Médecins Sans Frontières teams and existing...	16/09/2011	Pakistan
Uphill challenge to fight cholera and measles outbreaks in Marere, Somalia Médecins Sans Frontières is currently battling outbreaks of cholera and measles in and around the town of Marere in southern Somalia. Marere and the surrounding villages of Jilib, Keytoy and Osman Moto are host to around five...	14/09/2011	Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières responds to increasing number of patients with acute watery diarrhoea in KPK and FATA Peshawar, 8 September 2011. With the monsoon season in full swing, the independent medical humanitarian association Médecins Sans Frontières has been receiving an increasing number of patients with acute watery diarrhoea in...	09/09/2011	Pakistan