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First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

DRC: Reponding to a Malaria Emergency in Lulingu

DRC 2013 © José Sánchez/MSFAn MSF staff member tends to a malaria patient in Lulingu.An outbreak of malaria in Lulingu, in Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR)’s South Kivu Province, is affecting large numbers of people, prompting an emergency response ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Malaria, Médecins Sans Frontières, Democratic Republic of the Congo, emergency

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Darfur: "Every Time You Are Able to Save a Patient, It Gives You the Motivation to Save Another Life"

Displaced people wait to be seen at an MSF health post in North Darfur state during a previous episode of fighting in 2010.In February 2013, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Elserief Hospital provided lifesaving emergency medical ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Patient, Darfur

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Fighting Discrimination

Fighting Discrimination Against HIV/AIDS in Yemen

“I fell sick just after getting married," says 35-year-old Abo-Mohaned.* "It was back in 2006, and I was working in Saudi Arabia. I went to the hospital and I found out I was HIV-positive. At first, I was shocked; I had no information about the disease ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Fighting Discrimination, Yemen, Médecins Sans Frontières

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Speech Delivered to the UN Donor Conference on Syria on June 7

Mego Terzian, President, MSF-FranceSix months after the first international donor conference for Syria, humanitarian aid is failing. Security and living conditions have deteriorated dramatically. The population living in areas controlled by opposition ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Syria, Donor, United Nations, Refugees, Humanitarian Aid

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 2 reports

Médecins Sans Frontières

Critical Needs Among the Displaced in Eastern DRC

DRC 2013 © Amandine Colin/MSFPatients wait to be seen by MSF medical staff at Sotraki Stadium.Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is now running mobile clinic services to some 5,000 people who took refuge in a stadium near Goma, in ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Goma (Congo (Dem. Rep.))

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

MSF Open Letter: Words Must be Turned into Humanitarian Action for Syrians

Iraq 2013 © Pierre-Yves Bernard/MSFSyrian families wait against the gates of the registration center at Domeez refugee camp.Please see the following open letter from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as the United Nations convenes ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Refugees, Syria, Humanitarian Aid

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Lesotho: Supporting Mothers in the Mountain Kingdom

Lesotho 2013 © Yasmin Rabiyan/MSFA community health worker tests a baby for HIV in Pheuoeng.Imagine you are nine months pregnant, ready to give birth. You feel your contractions start. You are excited and afraid, but mostly you are in pain, praying that ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Lesotho, Médecins Sans Frontières, HIV/AIDS

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Lebanon: Abundant Medical Needs Among Syrian Refugees and Victims of Local Conflict in Tripoli

More than 10,600 Syrian families who have fled their country have taken refuge in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, located approximately 30 kilometers[about 19 miles] from the Syrian border. Its population includes 500,000 Lebanese citizens, Palestinian ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Tripoli (Libya), Refugees

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

"A Crisis on Top of a Crisis": MSF Expands Programs in Post-Coup CAR

MSF staff tend to a patient in Batangafo hospital.Three months after a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic (CAR), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continues to scale up activities in order to assist thousands of people who ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Bossangoa (Central African Republic), Crisis, Batangafo (Central African Republic)

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Afghanistan: MSF Strongly Condemns Violence Against Humanitarian Workers and Facilities

NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Following an attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which killed an ICRC staff member, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins ... [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Afghanistan, Workers, Red Cross/Crescent

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed for Syrian Refugees

Jordan 2013 © Enass Abu Khalaf-Tuffaha/MSFZaatari Camp, close to the Syrian border, where over 100,000 Syria refugees reside.NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan are living under increasingly precarious conditions ... [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Refugees, Jordan

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Spring 2013

This site is maintained by the U.S. section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural ... [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]

Entities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Emergency Aid, Armed Conflict, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Privacy Policy

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Darfur: "Every Time You Are Able to Save a Patient, It Gives You the Motivation to Save Another Life"

Darfur: "Every Time You Are Able to Save a Patient, It Gives You the Motivation to Save Another L ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 13 2013]

...which will worsen already precarious living conditions for hundreds of thousands of Syrians," said Antoine Foucher, MSF head of mission in Jordan. "Jordan urgently needs greater international support if they are to sustain a real open-door policy."

Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed for Syrian Refugees [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]

...has just returned from areas where whole villages are cut off from basic services," said Ronald Kremer, MSF emergency coordinator in Rakhine State. "What we have seen shows that current policies such as movement restrictions are having a detrimental impact on people's health. This includes tuberculosis patients unable to access the treatment they need to stay alive, and pregnant women dying unnecessarily because they have nowhere safe to deliver."

Myanmar: Restrictions Severely Impacting Access to Health Care [Published MSF-USA - May 28 2013]

"The road between Goma and Sake is strategically located, but fighting in such close proximity to people's homes is endangering the lives of thousands of vulnerable people" said Thierry Goffeau, MSF head of mission in North Kivu

DRC: Renewed Fighting Puts Thousands of Displaced Civilians in the Crossfire [Published MSF-USA - May 22 2013]

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DRC: Reponding to a Malaria Emergency in Lulingu [Published MSF-USA - Jun 17 2013]
Darfur: "Every Time You Are Able to Save a Pati... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 13 2013]
Fighting Discrimination Against HIV/AIDS in Yemen [Published MSF-USA - Jun 13 2013]
Critical Needs Among the Displaced in Eastern DRC [Published MSF-USA - Jun 07 2013]
"Life is Suffering": Among the Displaced in Eas... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 07 2013]
Speech Delivered to the UN Donor Conference on ... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 07 2013]
MSF Open Letter: Words Must be Turned into Huma... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 06 2013]
Lesotho: Supporting Mothers in the Mountain Kin... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 06 2013]
Lebanon: Abundant Medical Needs Among Syrian Re... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 04 2013]
"A Crisis on Top of a Crisis": MSF Expands Prog... [Published MSF-USA - Jun 04 2013]
Jordan: International Aid Urgently Needed for S... [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]
Afghanistan: MSF Strongly Condemns Violence Aga... [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]
Spring 2013 [Published MSF-USA - May 30 2013]
Myanmar: Restrictions Severely Impacting Access... [Published MSF-USA - May 28 2013]
Bringing Treatment to Sleeping Sickness Patient... [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
Patient Story: Waking Up to Sleeping Sickness i... [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
Working to Treat and Prevent Fistula in Burundi [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
Through Northern DRC with a Fridge [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
South Sudan: Humanitarian Deadlock in Yida [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
Treating Cholera Patients in Northern Niger [Published MSF-USA - May 24 2013]
10,000 Syrians Seek Shelter Near Turkish Border [Published MSF-USA - May 23 2013]
From Damascus to Ain el-Helweh: Palestinians in... [Published MSF-USA - May 23 2013]
DRC: Renewed Fighting Puts Thousands of Displac... [Published MSF-USA - May 22 2013]