First new tuberculosis drug for 50 years –works on drug-resistant forms of...
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for rapid registration in countries with high drug-resistant tuberculosis burden NEW YORK/GENEVA – Embargo TBC – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomed the approval by...
View ArticleMaternal Health in Wardher
Wardher is a town of approximately 15,000 people situated in a remote part of Ethiopia close to the Somalia border. An ongoing armed conflict continues to destabilize the area creating frequent...
View ArticleSomalia Crisis – Not Over Yet!
Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report February 13, 2013 Nairobi/Amsterdam. In a report released today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) highlights violence,...
View ArticleHUMANITARIAN AID MUST NOT BE CO-OPTED INTO SOMALIA STABILIZATION CAMPAIGN
© MSF/Yahya A Somali woman with her two children in an MSF facility in Somalia Integrating Aid into UN, AU Political and Military Strategy Will Threaten Humanitarian Efforts. NEW YORK/PARIS/NAIROBI –...
View ArticleMédecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident
Somalia – Médecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident Humanitarian organisation is unable to continue its work as minimum safety conditions for patients and staff are...
View ArticleMSF again condemns abduction of its two colleagues in Dadaab, calls for their...
Mone and Blanca In October 2011, Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were abducted from the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, where they had been working to help some of the most vulnerable members...
View ArticleTWO MSF AID WORKERS FREED IN SOMALIA
Mone and Blanca @MSF Barcelona, Geneva, Nairobi, July 18, 2013 – It is with great relief that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut, abducted from the...
View ArticleOne Year After Killing of Our Two Colleagues in Somalia
© Yahya/MSF Philippe and Kace 29th December 2012 It is with great sadness that the medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) marks one year since its two colleagues, Philippe...
View ArticleMSF FORCED TO CLOSE ALL MEDICAL PROGRAMMES IN SOMALIA
Abuse and Manipulation of Humanitarian Action End 22 Years of Medical Aid in Somalia; Armed Groups and Civilian Leadership Support and Tolerance of Violent Attacks Against MSF Undermine Minimum...
View ArticleMSF delegation visits Mogadishu
On 29 May 2016 a high level delegation from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) visited Mogadishu, Somalia, with the aim of having an open dialogue with the Somalia government and exploring the conditions...
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