Mental Health
Latest News - 1 Jun 2015
Quake trauma: psychological first aid helps Nepalese rebuild their lives
MSF teams are running mental health activities to people affected by the two devastating earthquakes in Nepal. MSF psychologist Kamini Deshmukh explains that one of the main activities she does is ‘psychological first aid’.Latest News - 1 Jun 2015
Migrants
Latest News - 1 Jun 2015
TALK RADIO 702: Africa Day - Voices from the Camps
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa today launched a series of five powerful video testimonies from refugees and migrants displaced by April’s wave of xenophobic violence in Durban, KwaZulu Natal to displacement camps set up by local authorities.Latest News - 1 Jun 2015
Guinea-Bissau
Fieldworkers Stories - 28 May 2015
“Simple diarrhoea can become a deadly disease for a child in Guinea-Bissau”
In November 2014, MSF launched a paediatric project in the region of Bafata in central Guinea- Bissau. Isabel Grovas, the MSF medical coordinator in charge of opening the project, discusses the situation.Fieldworkers Stories - 28 May 2015
Ethiopia
Latest News - 28 May 2015
Ethiopia: New wave of refugees fleeing ongoing violence in South Sudan
As conflict continues between warring parties in South Sudan, thousands of civilians have fled, creating a new waves of displacement in EthiopiaLatest News - 28 May 2015
Kenya
Press Release - 28 May 2015
Dadaab, Kenya: MSF forced to close health posts and evacuate staff amid escalating insecurity
As violence and threats in the northeastern province of Kenya escalate, MSF has evacuated 42 of its staff from Dadaab refugee camps to Nairobi.Press Release - 28 May 2015
Yemen
Fieldworkers Stories - 27 May 2015
"If you have something to offer, sign up with MSF!” - Michael Mojeed
Michael Oluwaseyi Mojeed, 32, is a doctor with MSF Southern Africa. He recently returned from an MSF assignment in Yemen, where he worked as an Emergency Room Doctor with MSF in Ad-Dhale, southern Yemen, for six weeks.Fieldworkers Stories - 27 May 2015
Italy
Article - 25 May 2015
Three Mediterranean boat migrants describe their gruelling quests for better lives
Stories of migrants who have had to flee their countries and risked everything while seeking for better and safer lives.Article - 25 May 2015
Pneumonia
Press Release - 25 May 2015
Governments take decisive step towards more affordable vaccines
Resolution passes at World Health Assembly, calling for more affordable vaccines and greater transparency on vaccine pricingPress Release - 25 May 2015
Yemen
Videos and Photos - 22 May 2015
Yemen: An MSF doctor gives an update from Khameer
From Khameer, Yemen, a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctor describes the situation for displaced families who've come there to escape the bombing and fighting where they live. Dr. Berbain is standing in an area where the population has jumped from three families to 85 familes. MSF is running mobile medical clinic and relief distribution there.Videos and Photos - 22 May 2015
Italy
Photo Story - 22 May 2015
Interactive guide to the MSF/MOAS rescue boat, the Phoenix
MSF's interactive guide takes you to all areas of the boat, Phoenix being run by MSF and MOAS - saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea.Photo Story - 22 May 2015