Field news

Topic	Date	Location
From one desert to another: Médecins Sans Frontières deeply concerned by the current relocation of refugees to Ifo 3 camp in Dadaab Medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières is deeply concerned by the relocation of Somali refugees in Dadaab to Ifo 3 extension camp. The relocation, which began yesterday under the auspices of the UNHCR, has...	27/07/2011	Kenya, Somalia
Somalia: People on the move in unseen proportions While more than 2000 Somalis cross the borders into Kenya and Ethiopia every day in search of assistance, in Somalia itself the movement of people desperately seeking food and medical help is also taking unseen proportions....	22/07/2011	Somalia
Returning to Bougainville’s neglected south After a ten year absence, the international medical-humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, has returned to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, to assist in delivering much-needed healthcare in...	15/07/2011	Papua New Guinea
Humanitarian crisis in the outskirts of the overcrowded Dadaab camp Médecins Sans Frontières has found alarmingly high rates of malnutrition among the Somali refugees arriving and settling in the outskirts of the Dadaab refugee camp in north-eastern Kenya. The organisation will therefore...	14/07/2011	Kenya, Somalia
Médecins Sans Frontières is reinforcing its support to Kurram hospitals to respond to the influx of displaced people Over the last week, a military operation in Kurram agency (situated in the Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas) led to displacement of population. Over 10,000 people have reportedly moved from the fighting areas. In...	11/07/2011	Pakistan
Libya: “As war goes on, people’s needs are growing” Meinie Nicolai is a nurse and President of Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium. She is back from a medical assignment in Libya.	08/07/2011	Libya
South Sudan: Interview with Terri Morris, Head of Mission Terri Morris has been working as a head of mission for Médecins Sans Frontières in South Sudan for the last 9 months. Ahead of the formal declaration of independence, due on 9 July, she gives us an overview of the medical and...	08/07/2011	Sudan
State of Emergency: Médecins Sans Frontières assists people displaced by violence in South Sudan 7 July 2011: As South Sudan prepares to mark its official independence on Saturday 9 July, an estimated 260,000 newly displaced people continue to face emergency needs in what will be the world’s newest nation. This includes the...	07/07/2011	Sudan
Interview Katrien Coppens, Operations Manager Democratic Republic of Congo 1 July 2011 - As medical teams in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo respond to yet another incident of mass rape in the region, Operations Manager Katrien Coppens explains how ordinary people in the...	04/07/2011	Democratic Republic of Congo
Dadaab: The biggest refugee camp in the world is full Stranded in the desert of Kenya’s northeastern province, surrounded by mile upon mile of sand and scrubby bushes, 30,000 people are living in makeshift shelters under a burning sun. The families – having crossed the border from...	16/06/2011	Kenya, Somalia