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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in nearly 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

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MSF Treats Wounded Following Fighting in Darfur Displaced-Persons Camp

Sudan 2006 © Kadir van Lohuizen / Noor

MSF teams evacuated 49 patients wounded in armed clashes in Kalma camp, one of the largest internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Darfur, Sudan. The camp shelters more than 90,000 IDPs.

Field News

MSF Seeking Access to South Ossetia, Assisting Displaced People

MSF is providing basic relief supplies and medical care to over 3,200 people in eight displaced persons camps in and around Tbilisi and Gori in Georgia, while negotiating access to the conflict area of South Ossetia.

© Michael G.Nielsen

Field News

Children Living with HIV Deserve Fair Treatment

Treating children and adolescents living with HIV effectively in resource-limited settings is possible, but adapted medicines, diagnostic tools, and treatment strategies are urgently needed to prevent more deaths, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

© Francesco Zizola

Field News

Southern Ethiopia: Tragedies and Small Miracles

Confronted by rapidly escalating numbers of severely malnourished patients in southern Ethiopia, MSF has set up 51 ambulatory nutrition centers and five hospitalization centers. More than 20,000 patients with severe acute malnutrition have been admitted to the program.

© Jehad Nga

Press Release

Trapped Somali Populations Need Immediate Life-Saving Assistance

The people of Somalia are currently facing a massive humanitarian crisis with unmet critical medical needs.
Malnutrition

MSF's Malnutrition Approach on 60 Minutes

© Michael Goldfarb/MSF

MSF estimates that only 3 percent of the 20 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive the lifesaving treatment they need.
Press Release

Thailand Returns Hundreds of Hmong Refugees to Laos

© Greg Constantine

An estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on June 22. MSF calls for immediate halt to forced repatriations and access to returnees.
Southern Sudan

© Sven Torfinn

Field News

MSF Assists Displaced People in Southern Sudan

The fighting in Abyei in mid-May, caused almost 60,000 people to flee the area. MSF is providing medical care and relief items to thousands of the displaced.

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