Press releasesMédecins Sans Frontières seeks swift release of two abducted staff without use of force and continues medical activities to assist Somali population
Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia / 19.10.11
Following the abduction of two Médecins Sans Frontières staff in Dadaab, Kenya, on 13 October, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has no verifiable information on the identity or motives of the...
Afghanistan: Médecins Sans Frontières opens surgical hospital in Kunduz
Afghanistan / 18.10.11
KABUL/17 October 2011 – As violent conflict continues in northern Afghanistan, the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières has opened a 55-bed surgical hospital in Kunduz Province. The hospital, which opened...
Médecins Sans Frontières reluctantly withdraws from Thailand after 35 years
Thailand / 06.10.11
Bangkok/Brussels/Sydney- 5 October, 2011: Persisting needs among undocumented migrants, but Médecins Sans Frontières not permitted to respond.
Treatment ends for Chagas disease patients
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay / 04.10.11
Médecins Sans Frontières stops diagnosing Chagas disease in Paraguay due to treatment shortage. In Bolivia, new projects in endemic areas are suspended.
Yemen: Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its medical activities in Saada governorate
Yemen / 30.09.11
International organisation had to interrupt its work in Al Talh and Razeh hospitals, after local authorities set new conditions for humanitarian activities in the region.
Falsified medicines enter supply chain in Kenya
Kenya / 29.09.11
Médecins Sans Frontières is taking all measures to ensure adequate treatment and medical follow up for patients
Ongoing attacks on civilian population in Southwest Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast / 20.09.11
Abidjan/Amsterdam, 20 September 2011 – Up to sixteen civilians have been killed during an attack on Zriglo, a village in Southwest Ivory Coast just south of the town of Taï, late last week. Up to 50 houses have been burned and...
Access to life-saving generic medicines threatened by US trade pact
09.09.11
Public Health Safeguards Could Erode Under Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
As measles epidemics skyrocket, global response lags
09.09.11
Mobilising Financial and Technical Resources Must be a Political Priority in Fight Against Resurgent Outbreaks
Médecins Sans Frontières: Securing funding for Swaziland’s health services must be a priority despite financial crisis
Swaziland / 08.09.11
Mbabane/Geneva, 7 September 2011. The medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières is deeply concerned about the implications of the current economic crisis in Swaziland on people living with HIV/AIDS. To pre-empt...