Between humanitarian crises and medical emergencies: all the latest news
Haiti
Today in Haiti, sanitary and humanitarian needs are huge
In this country where 60% of the population lacks access to healthcare, because of financial inability or distance from health centers, MSF 's presence remains indispensable, 6 years after the earthquake in January 2010.
Afghanistan
Kunduz - What has been lost
Dr. Kathleen Thomas is an intensive care doctor from Australia who was on her first mission in MSF’s Kunduz Trauma Centre in Afghanistan from May 2015 until the US airstrikes on 3 October. She describes a typical day in the hospital and the events that unfolded during the week of intense fighting leading up to the attack.
Afghanistan
Kunduz : 6 months later
On 3 October 2015, MSF’s trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was destroyed by precise and repeated U.S. airstrikes.
Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon
Too much violence, too little aid
Millions of people are displaced by the current crisis, and the humanitarian needs are huge.
Why the EU’s deal with Turkey is no solution to the “crisis” affecting Europe
Interview with Aurélie Ponthieu, MSF Humanitarian Adviser on Displacement, Brussels.
Syria
The slaughter of 2015 must not happen again
As the conflict in Syria approaches its sixth year, the humanitarian and medical toll of the violence remains appalling.
Syria
"Today in Syria, the abnormal is now normal"
Statement delivered by Dr Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 18-02-2016.
Haiti
News on Operational Research in Haiti
Five years after the earthquake shook the small state of Haiti and destroyed much of its health infrastructure and facilities, MSF continues to offer emergency obstetric, neonatal, surgery and intensive care in Port-au-Prince and Léôgane. MSF also runs a cholera treatment centre and a burns unit in Port-au-Prince.
Balkans, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Serbia
In 2015, European policies led to a dramatic worsening the refugee crisis
Five epidemic diseases to watch in 2016
MSF is particularly concerned about five diseases that have the potential to become epidemics in 2016.