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Syria: Safety of Wounded and Medical Workers Must Be Prioritized

Syria 2012 © MSF

Wounded people and medical workers remain targeted and threatened in parts of Syria, preventing people from receiving life-saving emergency medical care.

South Sudan 2011 © Avril Benoit/MSF

Press Release

New Global Vaccine Strategy Glosses Over Basic Immunization Gaps

May 15, 2012

A new, ten-year, multi-billion dollar action plan for global vaccination may fail to deliver if it does not directly address the weaknesses in routine immunization programs. 

Burkina Faso 2012 © Aurelie Baumel/MSF

Press Release

Malian Refugees Urgently Need International Aid

May 11, 2012

Refugees from the West African country of Mali face insufficient levels of assistance in camps rife with disease and malnutrition where the looming rainy season will further complicate the deployment of aid. 

Nigeria 2012 © Olga Overbeek/MSF

Press Release

Nigeria Lead Poisoning Crisis—Now Is the Time for Action

May 11, 2012

The Nigerian government must commit significant resources to respond to a lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara State, which has sickened thousands of children since 2010. 

Haiti 2011 © Frederik Matte/MSF

Press Release

Haiti Unprepared in the Face of Resurgent Cholera

May 9, 2012

Cholera cases are on the rise in Haiti following the onset of the rainy season, and the country is not adequately prepared to combat the deadly disease. 

DRC 2012 © Emily Lynch/MSF

Field News

Despite Intensifying Conflict in North Kivu, MSF Continues to Provide Health Care

May 4, 2012

Despite the growing complexity of an already unstable situation in North Kivu, MSF continues to provide primary and secondary health care to the population. 

Video

South Sudan: Aid Needed Before the Rains Start

May 11, 2012

Ninety-thousand refugees fleeing conflict have taken refuge in the camps of Jamam and Doro. Aid is desperately needed before the rainy season complicates access to the camps.

Field Blogs

MSF Blogs: WHO Expert Group Supports Binding Convention on Health R&D for Developing Countries

May 3, 2012

Judit Rius Sanjuan, U.S. manager of MSF's Access Campaign, discusses the WHO Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination.

Video

Chad: Malnutrition Rates Soar

May 11, 2012

The difficult lean season in Chad has already begun, and MSF is working to treat malnutrition as quickly as possible. MSF teams screen for cases of severe malnutrition and distribute ready-to-use therapeutic food to malnourished children.

Palestinian Territories 2012 © Mateja Stare/MSF

Voice from the Field

Performing Reconstructive Surgery in the Gaza Strip

April 30, 2012

Operating theater nurse Mateja Stare spent one month in Gaza working at the MSF field hospital in Khan Younis.

Guinea 2012 © MSF

Field News

For First Time in Africa, MSF Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Guinea With Mass Vaccination Campaign

April 24, 2012

After a cholera epidemic broke out in Guinea, MSF began a mass vaccination campaign, the first time the organization has done so in Africa.

Uganda 2011 © Andrea Stultiens

Special Report

From the Ground Up: Building a Drug-Resistant TB Program in Uganda

April 19, 2012

MSF is convinced that the Ugandan government's focus should be on providing comprehensive, decentralized, and community-based care for TB. 

South Sudan 2011 © Corentin Fohlen

Field News

South Sudan: MSF Assists Patients Wounded in Aerial Bombardment in Unity State

April 12, 2012

MSF is treating patients wounded in the April 10 aerial bombardments of Abiemnom in South Sudan's Unity State.

Video

Somali Refugees in Dadaab Struggle On

March 15, 2012

MSF's Month in Focus brings you reports on Somali refugees in Dadaab, Novartis' attempts to stifle production of generics, and the fights against TB, sleeping sickness, and maternal mortality.

Angola 1999 © H.J. Burkard

Press Release

New MSF Book Reveals Perils of Negotiating Access to Crisis Zones

January 30, 2012

The new book Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed takes readers behind the scenes of MSF's humanitarian action. 
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