Yemen / 22.05.12
Sana’a, Friday 18th of May - The increase of violence and fighting since last Saturday in southern Yemen has led to a high number of victims and wounded among civilians. Médecins Sans Frontières teams already received and treated...
Syria / 15.05.12
• 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.
• Médecins Sans Frontières...
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger / 14.05.12
In camps in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger, the international aid remains insufficient.
Haiti / 10.05.12
Port-au-Prince, 10 May 2012 – Cholera cases are on the rise in Haiti following the onset of the rainy season, and the country is not adequately prepared to combat the deadly disease, the international medical humanitarian...
Greece / 01.05.12
The involvement of public healthcare actors in police “sweep” operations is dangerous and contrary to medical ethics.
Afghanistan / 18.04.12
Kabul, April 17, 2012 – Médecins Sans Frontières has suspended medical activities in the recently opened maternity hospital in Khost province after an explosion took place inside the hospital compound this morning. Seven people...
South Sudan / 13.04.12
Agok-Geneva, 12 April 2012 – The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is treating patients wounded on 10 April in aerial bombardments in Abiemnom, Unity State, South Sudan. Violence has taken place in the...
Bahrain / 13.04.12
As Bahrain implements reforms following protests that started last year, a significant number of patients – from all political and religious backgrounds - continue to avoid seeking medical care in public hospitals due to...
Democratic Republic of Congo / 05.04.12
On the morning of Wednesday, 4 April two Médecins Sans Frontières staff members—Cedric, a nurse, and Marius, a logistician—were kidnapped near Nyanzale in North Kivu Province while travelling by car. Hours later, they were...
Somalia / 02.04.12
Médecins Sans Frontières condemns the shelling of Daynile Hospital in Mogadishu, which took place Friday, 30 March. The fighting began in the morning in this neighbourhood of Daynile, located in an outlying area of Mogadishu. The...