jeremy, Author at Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

Syria: “One of the biggest needs now is mental health”

Posted on 24 February 2023 (25 May 2023)

Following the powerful earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams working in northwestern Syria have mobilized with local partners to respond to people’s increasing humanitarian needs. The situation in northwestern Syria is especially dire because of almost 12 years of war and the […]

Afghanistan: Deprived of healthcare by poverty, restrictions and a disfunctional system

Posted on 22 February 2023 (2 May 2023)

A dysfunctional health system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions placed on women are at the heart of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to a new report published by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Policymakers, donors and local authorities must urgently focus on strengthening primary medical care at district levels to improve […]

Palestine: MSF denounces Israeli plan to forcibly displace Palestinian residents from Masafer Yatta

Posted on 19 January 2023 (19 October 2023)

Some 1,000 Palestinians are to be evicted from their homes in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, according to a plan approved by the newly sworn-in Israeli government. The move has been strongly denounced by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “This plan would mean the imminent forcible displacement of almost the entire population […]

MSF aid convoy in relief of earthquake survivors enters northwest Syria

Posted on 20 February 2023 (25 May 2023)

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) convoy of 14 trucks entered northwestern Syria today, arriving from Türkiye through the Hammam border crossing point. This first convoy carries 1,296 tents destined to families (of five people or more) left homeless by the earthquake and 1,296 winter kits to insulate the tents from the cold. Other […]

Syria earthquakes : “We were all terrified”

Posted on 16 February 2023 (2 May 2023)

Aisha is a midwife supervisor with MSF living in Azaz, a city in northern Syria. She testifies to the horror she saw during the Feb. 6 earthquakes that hit Syria and Turkey. “When the earthquake struck at 4.17 a.m., my family and I were asleep. We felt the building shaking above us. We […]

The Last of Drugs: Making sure important medicines are still there when they’re needed

Posted on 15 February 2023 (3 May 2023)

By Adam Houston, Medical Policy and Advocacy Officer for MSF Canada One clear lesson from the popular post-apocalyptic television drama The Last of Us is that it is far more enjoyable to vicariously watch a pandemic unfold on TV than experience it yourself. The show is having a cultural moment, including here in Canada where […]

Syria: “Hospitals were full of wounded and dead”

Posted on 14 February 2023 (25 May 2023)

According to the latest estimates by authorities, the earthquakes that hit Syria and Türkiye have killed more than 35,000 people. In northwest Syria, a largely landlocked region, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams already in the area enacted an emergency plan as of Feb. 6. The objective: to support hospitals and provide medical and material […]

Earthquakes in Syria: “There is no time to waste in reaching the people of this region”

Posted on 10 February 2023 (25 May 2023)

According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria have killed more than 21,000 people and injured tens of thousands more. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works with affected populations in northwestern Syria with nearly 500 staff members. At the time of the disaster, MSF was already there, supporting local communities […]

Syria-Türkiye earthquakes: MSF supports treatment of thousands of injured people

Posted on 8 February 2023 (29 August 2023)

Information about MSF’s response, below, is correct as of Feb. 8, 2023. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are providing and supporting medical care and relief assistance for thousands of injured people after the devestating earthquakes that hit Syria and Türkiye on Feb. 6. Our teams have supported care for 3,465 injured people in […]

MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two of its employees in Burkina Faso

Posted on 8 February 2023 (2 May 2023)

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The organisation is suspending its medical activities in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. On the morning of Wednesday February 8, an MSF vehicle, clearly identified as […]

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