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Voices from the Field

First-hand Accounts from MSF Aid Workers and Patients

August 2010

Ethiopia: Providing Care in the Somali Region

MSF's two facilities in Imey in the Somali region of Ehtiopia provides crucial health care services to people who would otherwise go without. Read more »

August 2010

Pakistan: Doctors Working Around the Clock

James Kambaki, MSF project coordinator in Balochistan province, reports on the situation and on MSF's activities. Read more »

August 2010

MSF Brings Aid to Thousands of Trapped People in Baluchistan

“The people were so happy to see us. Many of them had been stranded here for over a week with little food or shelter." Read more »

August 2010

In Haiti, Spared an Eclampsia Crisis

"I developed eclampsia the day before I delivered and I realize that's serious," said Crisla Florestal, 19, who was readmitted a day after giving birth at the MSF hospital Isaïe Jeanty, in Port-au-Prince. Read more »

August 2010

Finding Thousands Trapped by Flooding in Baluchistan

“We’d heard that there were a group of people around Khabula who were stuck and isolated. . . It took us more than two days to find them, driving around in 4x4 trucks, because the flooding has made it so difficult to get around." Read more »

July 2010

Somali Refugees in Ethiopia

MSF has been providing care to more than 30,000 Somali Refugees in Ethiopia's Liben zone since February 2009. Read more »

July 2010

Niger: Going Beyond the Current Malnutrition Crisis

"Unfortunately, we are witnessing recurrent crises that vary only by intensity from year to year." Read more »

July 2010

After the 18th International AIDS Conference, Possibilities for Scaling Up Optimal HIV/AIDS Treatment

As the 18th International AIDS Conference (IAC) winds down here in Vienna, the word in the hallways is that the science is in: earlier initiation of treatment and improved antiretroviral (ARV) drug regimens are better for individual patients and communities, and may even ultimately reduce transmission of HIV. Read more »

June 2010

Kyrgyzstan: "Mistrust Between Communities Leaving Many Without Essential Medical Care"

Andrei Slavuckij, head of MSF's programs in southern Kyrgyzstan, describes the situation in Osh, two weeks after violent clashes killed hundreds of people. Read more »