Press Release
Daily Pause in Violence Insufficient; Other Crossing Points Blocked and Civilians Remain Trapped
© Mustafa Hassona
Despite statements by Israeli authorities, the worsening security situation in the Gaza Strip is severely limiting international humanitarian assistance in support of Palestinian emergency medical services, which are trying to cope with thousands of wounded patients. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls on the parties to the conflict to allow medical personnel to enter and operate safely in the Gaza Strip to reach trapped civilians
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Somalia 2006 © Otavio Omati/MSF
Press Release
The fighting has led to many casualties and forced thousands to flee. On January 11, Somali MSF medical teams treated 46 patients at Istarlin hospital in Guri El.
Democratic Republic of Congo © Sven Torfinn
Special Report
Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world.
Joanna Stavropoulou / MSF
Field News
Currently, MSF teams are seeing an overall decrease in the number of
cholera cases at the projects where they are working. However, the UN has
reported a major spike in cases around the country.
December 2008 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
Field News
Human smugglers from northern Somalia forced 114 people from a small fishing boat off the southern coast of Yemen early Friday morning. The passengers were Somali refugees; ten were children, including babies.
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Multimedia initiative
Condition:Critical is a multi-media initiative launched by MSF aiming to bring global attention to the humanitarian consequences of the intensifying war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Through testimonies, photos, and video, Condition: Critical goes beyond
headlines and news reports to document how civilians are struggling to
survive in Congo's North and South Kivu provinces, Ituri province, and the
Haut-Uélé region - where violence, displacement, and sexual violence are
mainstays of daily life.
Related Media
© Sven Torfinn
Field News
There was no major fighting reported in North Kivu this past week, but sporadic skirmishes between armed groups continued to drive civilians out of their homes and into the forests for days or during the nights, where they hoped to avoid being harassed.
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Multimedia Report
Over the next six months, the BBC, in conjunction with MSF, will follow the lives of seven people from Lesotho as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis.
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