Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news
Syria
Main hospital in Aleppo stops activities after being targeted
Al Sakhour hospital provided life-saving operations to around 400,000 people.
Nepal
MSF teams have arrived and are assessing needs
Teams from MSF have arrived in Nepal and are currently assessing the most urgent medical needs. Further teams are expected to arrive in Nepal later today and over the coming days.
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Ebola: Pushed to the limit and beyond
A critical analysis of the global Ebola response one year into the deadliest outbreak in history.
Syria
Medical aid paralyzed by four years of conflict
As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, desperately needed aid is failing to reach millions of people trapped by the conflict, the international medical humanitarian organization MSF said today.
Syria
MSF calls for wounded to be evacuated from Aleppo
The medical humanitarian organization MSF urges all parties to the conflict to facilitate the evacuation of the wounded people due to the fierce clashes in the recent days in Aleppo.
Ukraine
Most victims are hit when they’re walking down the street or waiting for the bus
Last week, 60 injured people were brought in on one day. But for three days there was no running water in the hospital, and so they had to cancel all but the most urgent operations.
Ukraine
People feel abandoned
Emilie Rouvroy is Médecins Sans Frontières’ coordinator in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine.
Haiti
Health Care Underprioritized in Haiti Reconstruction
Five years have passed since a devastating earthquake shook Haiti, affecting approximately 3 million people and killing 220,000, according to government estimates. What is the situation in Haiti now after five years of reconstruction efforts, and what health care services does MSF still provide in the country? MSF’s Haiti Country Director Oliver Schulz discusses.
Philippines
One year after typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda as it is known locally, was the strongest typhoon ever recorded at landfall, ripped through the central Philippines on 8 November 2013.
Liberia
Ebola: MSF Presentation to UN Security Council
Speaking from Monrovia via live video link, Liberian MSF physician's assistant Jackson Niamah addresses the UN Security Council during an emergency session on the Ebola crisis in West Africa.