Afghanistan
17 April 2012
Kabul, April 17,2012 – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 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 were injured, including one child.
"The suspension will continue until we receive assurances from the actors controlling those areas that medical activities can take place unhindered, and that the security of patients, medical staff and health facilities will be respected as previously agreed” said Renzo Fricke, Country Representative for MSF in Afghanistan.
Patients currently under care will be referred to the maternity in Khost...
26 February 2012
Kabul — Following violent protests over the reported burning of Korans at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF) has received 50 people at its surgical hospital in Kunduz Province in northern Afghanistan. Many patients had suffered gunshot wounds.
Protests have been raging across Afghanistan since the Koran burnings were first reported a week ago. Demonstrations yesterday turned violent in Kunduz as protesters tried to storm the UN compound there.
“It all happened very quickly. We saw almost 30 patients over the course of an hour when the violence first started, most of them in critical condition...
10 December 2011
12 year old Ahmed(name changed) is being treated for a gunshot wound in the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz © Olof Blomqvist/MSF
10 October 2010
12 year old Ahmed(name changed) is being treated for a gunshot wound in the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz. As violent conflict continues in northern Afghanistan MSF has opened a 55-bed surgical hospital in Kunduz Province
11 April 2011
Following an attack against a military bus in the suburb of Ahmed Shah Baba in eastern Kabul on April 9, 2011, seven people with medium to severe injuries received treatment in the emergency department of the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)–supported Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital.
MSF medical staff worked with the hospital’s emergency room team to treat the wounded patients, who were suffering from blast-related injuries, including severe burns and open fractures.
“The patients arrived in the hospital 10 minutes after the explosion and were stabilized immediately,” said Sophie Sabatier, MSF coordinator at Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital. “Five of the patients required further...
11 March 2011
'This is our reality' - Photos by photojournalist Kate Holt
10 August 2010
MSF is shocked by the killing of a medical team from the humanitarian organisation 'International Assistance Mission' (IAM) in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. This can only detrimentally affect and undermine the work carried out by the medical community in the country, and the Afghan people relying heavily on this much needed assistance. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and our medical colleagues at IAM.
01 March 2010
An MSF doctor examines a child in the pediatric unit of Boost Hospital, supported by MSF, the only functioning referral hospital in the province. Photo: Kate Holt
Humanitarian needs grew in Afghanistan in 2010, as the war spread to almost all provinces. Health structures throughout the country lack medical staff and essential supplies. Unregulated and expensive private health services are often the only option. The roads are dangerous and people often risk their lives in travelling to seek medical care. Sometimes, by the time a person reaches hospital, a condition that may have initially been relatively easy to treat has become life-threatening.
This general deterioration in healthcare provision...
