Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

NEW YORK, MAY 9, 2019 – Parts of Chad, including the capital N’Djamena and the city of Am Timan, continue to battle a measles outbreak that was declared a year ago. In response, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) carried out a vaccination campaign in Am Timan district and is […]

ADEN, YEMEN/NEW YORK, April 4, 2019—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended all patient admissions to the organization’s emergency trauma hospital in Aden following the kidnapping and killing of a patient. On the morning of April 2, a group of armed men threatened guards and medical staff at Al Sadaqah hospital before entering the […]

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 17, 2018 – Medical teams working with asylum seekers on Greek islands are seeing multiple cases each week of minors who have attempted suicide or otherwise harmed themselves, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling for the immediate evacuation of vulnerable people, especially children, to […]

August 23, 2018 – One year since more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees were forced to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh, the denial of their legal status coupled with unacceptable living conditions in makeshift camps trap refugees in a cycle of suffering. On August 25, 2017, the Myanmar Army launched renewed ”clearance operations” ostensibly aimed at […]

July 12, 2018 – More than 600 people attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean in the last four weeks—including babies and toddlers—have drowned or are presumed drowned, according to International Organization for Migration (IOM) figures. These tragedies, which represent half of the total deaths so far in 2018, took place as there were no longer […]

MEXICO/NEW YORK, June 20, 2018 – New asylum rules and policies imposed by the United States government are cruel and inhumane, and deny safety to thousands of Central Americans fleeing extreme violence, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières on Wednesday, World Refugee Day. The Trump Administration is now effectively dismantling […]

AMMAN, JORDAN/NEW YORK, APRIL 24, 2018 — Jordan’s recent decision to increase health care fees for Syrian refugees could reduce their access to medical assistance, making them even more vulnerable, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, the first day of the Brussels Conference on Syria. After subsidies were […]

March 28, 2018 – More than 100,000 people have been forced from their homes in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as result of violence in the area of Djugu. The resurgence of violence in Ituri began in December 2017 and intensified in February. Many of those affected have fled to other parts of […]

NEW YORK, NY, Jan. 8, 2018 – The decision by the Trump Administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 200,000 Salvadorans living in the US threatens to directly endanger their lives, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. TPS allows temporary lawful status and work authorization in […]

NEW YORK, OCTOBER 19, 2017 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began working with local authorities yesterday to tackle an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the port city of Tamatave on the east coast of Madagascar. MSF’s international medical personnel are supporting staff from the Malagasy Ministry of Health to provide treatment to patients […]

NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017—International humanitarian organizations—including international staff—must be granted immediate, independent, and unfettered access to people in Rakhine state, Myanmar, to alleviate massive humanitarian needs in the region, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Monday. The call for urgent access comes amidst ongoing military operations in […]

Kutupalong, Bangladesh September 6, 2017 – Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh are in urgent need of medical and humanitarian assistance, as an already dire situation along the border with Myanmar worsens, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Wednesday. More than 146,000 people have crossed into Bangladesh in the past several days, fleeing violence […]

NEW YORK/BOGOTA, AUGUST 17, 2017 – Violence remains a major problem for many people in Colombia despite the peace deal the government and FARC-EP signed last year, according to a report released today by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The increased presence and influence of criminal organizations and other […]

NEW YORK, JULY 28, 2017 – As measles sweeps across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than one million children have been vaccinated against the deadly disease during a nine-month campaign by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Measles, which is extremely contagious and typically spreads through sneezing and coughing, […]

NEW YORK, APRIL 25, 2017—The Department of Defense said it plans to give Sanofi Pasteur exclusive rights to a Zika vaccine candidate developed by the United States government with taxpayer resources. The deal gives Sanofi a blank check to charge high prices for the vaccine and contains no known guarantee that the vaccine will be […]

NEW YORK, APRIL 5, 2017—A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical team supporting the emergency department at Bab Al Hawa Hospital in Syria’s Idlib Province has confirmed that patients’ symptoms are consistent with exposure to a neurotoxic agent. A number of victims of the April 4 attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun were […]

AMSTERDAM/NORTHERN SYRIA, April 4, 2017—As the front lines shift in northern Syria, explosive devices and mines are having a devastating impact on civilians, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières warned in a report released today, calling for urgently needed demining activities. People fleeing their homes or returning to villages vacated by […]

NEW YORK, MARCH 2, 2017—As the “She Decides” initiative formally kicks off in Brussels today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is stressing the importance of access to reproductive health services like safe abortions, a critical medical need for women and girls across the world. This global initiative is in direct response to the reinstatement […]