Field news

Topic	Date	Location
Médecins Sans Frontières to expand medical response in western Libya Tripoli, 22nd August 2011. Médecins Sans Frontières is preparing to expand its medical response in western Libya to meet urgent humanitarian needs.	23/08/2011	Libya
“Our activities in Somalia try to progress despite limited access” Somalia has been in a state of war for 20 years. Today, forces of the Transitional Federal Government supported by the African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM) are fighting with Al-Shabaab armed group in Mogadishu and other...	22/08/2011	Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières in Mogadishu: No Time to Waste David Michalski, emergency coordinator, and Said Hassan, field coordinator, recently left Mogadishu after launching the Médecins Sans Frontières activities there. In this interview they describe the humanitarian situation and the...	19/08/2011	Somalia
Somalia: Médecins Sans Frontières is rapidly scaling up its activities in Mogadishu 12 August, 2011. This week, Médecins Sans Frontières has sent medical teams and four charter planes carrying 55 tons of medical equipment, medicines and therapeutic food to Mogadishu in response to the crisis in Somalia. In the...	15/08/2011	Somalia
Libya: Providing medical assistance in Misrata, Benghazi, Zintan and Yefren Médecins Sans Frontières began its activities in Libya on February 25, 2011. Médecins Sans Frontières teams are currently providing medical assistance in Misrata, Benghazi, Zintan and Yefren.	12/08/2011	Libya
Italy: Another tragedy in the Mediterranean for escapees from Libyan war On the night of August 4, Médecins Sans Frontières and other agencies provided medical assistance to about 360 survivors of a boat that sank near the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. The authorities estimated that up to...	09/08/2011	Italy, Libya
Bahrain: Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes the release of arrested translator Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes the release of Saeed Mahdi, and recognises that he has now been granted access to a lawyer.	08/08/2011	Bahrain
Médecins Sans Frontières distributes relief goods to 600 displaced families in Jilib Over 3600 people who have found temporary shelter in the southern-Somali town of Jilib (Lower Juba Valley) received plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and soap. The goods were provided by our team that runs a large therapeutic...	08/08/2011	Somalia
Yemen - Médecins Sans Frontières continues its emergency operations Aspirations for change, secession claims, and tribal conflicts are all fuelling the tensions in Yemen. Although the situation has calmed somewhat since June, it is still marked by instability and the lack of access to care in...	08/08/2011	Yemen
Kenya: Médecins Sans Frontières launches nutrition program in Turkana District Médecins Sans Frontières launched an emergency nutrition project in the Turkana district in northwestern Kenya on July 18. Teams are working in two areas in Turkana—Lapur and Kibish divisions—where few humanitarian agencies have...	01/08/2011	Kenya