News from General
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MSF again condemns abduction of its two colleagues in Dadaab, calls for their release
In October 2011, Montserrat Serra and Blanca Thiebaut were abducted from the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, where they had been working to help some of the most…
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Médecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident
Somalia – Médecins Sans Frontières closes its clinic in Xadaar after security incident Humanitarian organisation is unable to continue its work as minimum safety conditions for patients and staff are…
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HUMANITARIAN AID MUST NOT BE CO-OPTED INTO SOMALIA STABILIZATION CAMPAIGN
Integrating Aid into UN, AU Political and Military Strategy Will Threaten Humanitarian Efforts. NEW YORK/PARIS/NAIROBI – February 28, 2013 – Efforts underway at the United Nations to integrate humanitarian…
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Somalia Crisis – Not Over Yet!
Patients describe persistent violence, displacement and hunger in new MSF Report February 13, 2013 Nairobi/Amsterdam. In a report released today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) highlights violence, displacement and food shortages…
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Maternal Health in Wardher
Wardher is a town of approximately 15,000 people situated in a remote part of Ethiopia close to the Somalia border. An ongoing armed conflict continues to destabilize the area creating…
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First new tuberculosis drug for 50 years –works on drug-resistant forms of the disease
Médecins Sans Frontières calls for rapid registration in countries with high drug-resistant tuberculosis burden NEW YORK/GENEVA – Embargo TBC – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomed the approval by the US Food…
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One Year After Killing of Our Two Colleagues in Somalia
29th December 2012 It is with great sadness that the medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) marks one year since its two colleagues, Philippe and Kace, were brutally murdered in…
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Kenya: possible new influx of refugees will worsen already dire situation for refugees in Dadaab
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned about the medical consequences following the recent public statements from Kenyan authorities exhorting thousands of Somali refugees in Kenya to leave urban areas…
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MSF in Somalia: Operating at our own risk
A year after one of the “worst famines”[1] Somalia has ever known, the attention of the international community has turned elsewhere. While the food and nutrition situation is slowly improving,…
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MSF, Burco hospital
The town of Burco has the biggest public hospital for many miles, serving a population of at least 350,000. Last year, medical teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without borders joined…
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