Press Release
Pakistan 2009 © Eymeric Laurent-Gascoin / MSF
Civilians attacked, bombed, and cut off from aid in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), along with stagnant funding for treating HIV/AIDS and ongoing neglect of other diseases, were among the worst emergencies in 2009, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported today in its annual list of the "Top Ten" humanitarian crises.
Press Release
The people of Southern Sudan are trapped in a worsening crisis following the most violent year since the 2005 peace agreement that ended more than two decades of civil war with the North. However, the response to the escalating emergency is inadequate.
Somalia 2009 © Jan Grarup /NOOR
Field News
"This is the highest number of malnourished children MSF has ever treated in the area," says MSF’s head of mission for Somalia. "What’s more, we are concerned that not everyone is able to reach us. What we see in our program may just be a fraction of a wider crisis."
Field News
MSF has launched the last chapter of Condition:Critical, a multimedia initiative aiming to bring global attention to the humanitarian consequences of the intensifying war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Visit condition-critical.org.
Field News
MSF General Director Christopher Stokes explains why MSF must base its activities in Afghanistan on three pillars: providing free medical care, not accepting funds from governments, and keeping all weapons out of the hospitals.
Resource
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