Since late January 2012, nearly 160,000 Malians have fled their country for camps in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. While instability persists in Mali, leaving little hope that the refugees can return to their country soon, another imminent threat is looming - the rainy season, which will further complicate the deployment of aid.
Visit MSF projects around the world and see what we really do. This month we focus on the influx of refugees in Burkina Faso and South Sudan and mobilise to prevent malnutrition in the Chad. The video also focuses on MSF teams working to treat fistula in the Central African Republic.
Philipp du Cros, head of the Manson Unit at MSF UK, discusses MSF Scientific Day 2012. Each year, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF)holds Scientific Day, a conference to present scientific research carried out in MSF's programmes around the world. This year, Scientific Day is being held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on the 25th May, and will be livestreamed from MSF's website here: http://www.msf.org.uk/Scientific_Day.aspx
Philipp du Cros, head of the Manson Unit at MSF UK, discusses MSF Scientific Day 2012. Each year, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders(MSF)holds Scientific Day, a conference to present scientific research carried out in MSF's programmes around the world. This year, Scientific Day is being held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on the 25th May, and will be livestreamed from MSF's website here: http://www.msf.org.uk/Scientific_Day.aspx
A massive increase in malaria cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is affecting tens of thousands. Travel with MSF staff as we tackle the crisis.
http://www.msf.org.uk/Sahel.aspx MSF teams are helping communities in western Chad prevent children from becoming malnourished, as they brace themselves for the next seasonal 'malnutrition peak'
Increased violence towards Palestinians has been witnessed by Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) across the West Bank in recent months. “The way they entered the shop was terrifying,” said J. “I felt that I was going to die; I could not feel my legs."
Watch as MSF builds a new emergency surgery centre in Haiti’s capital. Named ‘Nap Kenbe’ – Creole for staying well – the surgical centre is the third emergency centre opened by MSF in Port-au-Prince since the earthquake of 12th January 2010.
The race to help refugees in South Sudan Medecins sans Frontieres Doctors without Borders MSF is working in Doro and Jamam refugee camps in South Sudan. About 80,000 refugees have fled to the camps to escape ongoing violence in Blue Nile state. Our teams are working against the clock trying to help as many as possible before seasonal rains at the end of the month make the area inaccessible. British doctor Kirrily de Polnay talks about her work in the camps and warns that aid organisations need...