Syria
Patient and Staff Stories - 11 Sep 2015
Syria: “Enough death and siege. Enough blood and misery. Enough.”
A medical practitioner that MSF supports in one of the besieged areas in the East Ghouta area near Damascus explains the horror of August’s bombings.Patient and Staff Stories - 11 Sep 2015
Serbia
- 9 Sep 2015
Serbia - On the refugee trail: “My dream is peace in Afghanistan”
Standing in line near the van from where MSF runs its mobile clinic people are waiting to see MSF’s team of doctors and nurses who have been running a mobile clinic in Subotica, Serbian...- 9 Sep 2015
Jordan
Patient and Staff Stories - 9 Sep 2015
Amman, Jordan: Stories of patient treated in MSF's renovated reconstructive surgical hospital
Four patients share their stories of being treated in MSF's reconstructive hospital in Amman.Patient and Staff Stories - 9 Sep 2015
Jordan
Press Release - 8 Sep 2015
Jordan: MSF Officially Opens Upgraded Reconstructive Surgery Hospital
Nine years after it was first established, MSF opens a new reconstructive hospital in Amman, JordanPress Release - 8 Sep 2015
Snakebites
Briefing Document - 7 Sep 2015
Snakebite: How a public health emergency slithered under the radar
An estimated five million people around the world are bitten by venomous snakes every year. One in ten will die or be left with permanent consequences. Snakebite kills as many as 100,000 people and leads to disability and disfiguration for some 400,000 victims globally each year.Briefing Document - 7 Sep 2015
South Sudan
Press Release - 7 Sep 2015
Global health community slithers away from snakebite crisis as antivenom runs out
Tens of thousands of people will continue to die of snakebite unnecessarily unless the global health community takes action to ensure treatment and antivenom is made available.Press Release - 7 Sep 2015
HIV/Aids
Report - 3 Sep 2015
HIV/TB counselling: Who is doing the job?
In settings with a high HIV/TB burden and significant shortages of human resources for health (HRH), task shifting strategies have relied on lay workers to provide HIV testing and counselling (HTC) and adherence support for HIV and TB treatments.Report - 3 Sep 2015
Cholera
Press Release - 3 Sep 2015
MSF completes cholera vaccination campaign in Juba, South Sudan
MSF together with the South Sudanese Ministry of Health, completes vaccination campaign, vaccinating over 160,000 people in mos affected areas.Press Release - 3 Sep 2015
Mental Health
- 3 Sep 2015
Lake Chad region: The fear that follows them
Today, working in the Dar Es Salam refugee camp in the Lake Chad region, MSF’s psychologists listen to stories of horror and the ongoing fear that plagues the daily lives of survivors.- 3 Sep 2015
Malaria
Press Release - 1 Sep 2015
DRC: Katanga measles epidemic keeps worsening
Measles epidemic worsens in Katanga with a shortage of sufficient resources. This being the largest since 2011.Press Release - 1 Sep 2015