Field news - Médecins Sans Frontières Australia - International Medical Humanitarian Aid

Topic	Date	Location
South Sudan: Interview with field coordinator Karel Janssens Pibor, South Sudan, 23 January 2012 (4.3 MB)	25/01/2012	South Sudan
Gaza Strip: Hand surgeon reports on burns surgery program Hand surgeon Dr. Stefan Krieger went on a Médecins Sans Frontières mission to the Gaza Strip, spending three weeks (November 21 – December 8, 2011) at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. 35 patients underwent surgery for sequels...	16/01/2012	Palestinian Territories
South Sudan: Médecins Sans Frontières responds to latest wave of violence in Jonglei State 13th January 2012 – Juba. Following inter-communal violence on 11th January in northern Jonglei State, South Sudan, the medical humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières referred by air thirteen patients with...	16/01/2012	South Sudan
Haiti: Médecins Sans Frontières increases hospital capacity in the area affected by the earthquake Two years after the earthquake, the health care system in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas is still in disarray. Most Haitians still lack proper access to emergency care.	11/01/2012	Haiti
Philippines: Medical assistance after typhoon Médecins Sans Frontières is present in the region of Mindanao Island most affected by the floods. A team is providing medical assistance to people whose houses were destroyed and who are now living in evacuation centers....	06/01/2012	Philippines
Médecins Sans Frontières steps up TB support in Cambodia Médecins Sans Frontières is scaling up its tuberculosis support in the Cambodian province of Kampong Cham while continuing to help shape the nation’s national TB programme.	21/12/2011	Cambodia
Chechnya: Médecins Sans Frontières treats cardiac emergencies Faced with the inadequacy of the health system in caring for cardiovascular disease in Grozny, Chechnya, Médecins Sans Frontières launched a programme targeted at cardiac emergencies in late 2010. Within a few months of its...	16/12/2011	Russian Federation
South Sudan: Assisting thousands of refugees Médecins Sans Frontières is providing medical care to the tens of thousands of refugees who have fled Blue-Nile state in Sudan. The water and sanitation team are also digging latrines, preparing to supply water, trying to meet...	13/12/2011	South Sudan
Central African Republic: A state of silent crisis The Central African Republic (CAR) today finds itself in a state of chronic medical emergency, with five separate mortality surveys, carried out by Médecins Sans Frontières and others, in prefectures accounting for the majority...	13/12/2011	Central African Republic
Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières treats victims of bomb blast in central Kunduz 10 December 2011. Following a bomb blast in the capital of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan today, Médecins Sans Frontières treated fourteen patients in the organization’s surgical hospital.	12/12/2011	Afghanistan