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As refugee numbers in South Sudan grow, Médecins Sans Frontières scales up emergency response

DORO, Maban County, South Sudan – The registered number of refugees gathering at the tiny village of Doro, as of December 7, was 21,500 and increasing daily. Anywhere from 500 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day. The...

Doctor from Darwin writes of her work in Sudan

Jacqueline Boyd is a doctor from Darwin, who has just returned from her first field placement with Médecins Sans Frontières. Jacqueline was working in Gedaref, Sudan, where the organisation has been running a program treating the...

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Médecins Sans Frontières surgical team enters Syria, finds wounded and medics under attack

In late March, a Médecins Sans Frontières team crossed the Turkish border into Syria in an effort to provide medical aid in the Idlib region. The two-person team was composed of a surgeon and an anaesthesiologist. To evaluate...

Syria: Safety of wounded and medical workers must be prioritised

• Wounded people and medical workers remain targeted and threatened, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières said today, following visits to parts of Syria.

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South Sudan: State of Emergency

Sudan / 08.07.11

Bombing and violence in the transitional area of Abyei in late May 2011 forced up to 100,000 people to flee into South Sudan. Fearing further attacks in the contested border area between North and South Sudan, many people walked up to 10 days to find refuge.

Throughout June, 6,300 exhausted people made their way to Mayen Pajok and Juong Pajok – two villages in Akon, Warrap State. Many experienced traumatic violence and loss. Most arrived with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.

  

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