Troopers: Texting teen dies in first drive by herself
By Laura McCallister, Multimedia Producer - The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed. The group said...Read more...
PD: Woman attempts to give away baby at Phoenix gas station
100,000 without medical care in S. Sudan 100,000 without medical care in S. Sudan The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been...Read more...
U.S. Doctor: 'We Truly Are Failing The Syrian People'
Stephen Cornish of Doctors Without Borders was recently in Syria. He talks to Audie Cornish about how medical personnel are managing to reach patients in the war-torn nation where he says there is a lack of respect for doctors...Read more...
The violence has ended but the emergency continues
Serge St-Louis recently returned from nine months working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Central African Republic (CAR). He was in the field in late 2012, when Seleka, a new coalition of Central African rebel groups,...Read more...
Children treated after attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Médecins Sans Frontières is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The village, which is home to around one thousand people, was attacked by men armed with...Read more...
MSF Guarantees Given to Pre-Guv Peter
Cautionary note: Anyone associated with Peter Fonda’s camp or Troy Lee’s quarters should read the previous TWO posts before looking at this. This is intended pretty much exclusively for Peter Fonda and his loved ones (and MSF...Read more...
Kenya: New free Clinic for Kibera residents
Updated Thursday, May 16th 2013 at 13:00 GMT +3 NEW KIBERA CLINIC INCREASES ACCESS TO FREE COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR MOST VULNERABLE Nairobi. The international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières...Read more...
Poor living conditions put Syrian refugees' health at risk
Overcrowding and poor living conditions in Iraq’s Domeez camp have led to a recent deterioration in refugees’ health. As the camp swells with new arrivals, Médecins Sans Frontières has doubled its staff. Médecins Sans...Read more...
[Editorial] GAVI injects new life into HPV vaccine rollout
The news had been long awaited. Since their approval, health experts and campaigners, including The Lancet, have called for the vaccines against the human papillomaviruses (HPV) that cause cervical cancer to become available at...Read more...
“Their dignity has been deeply wounded”
Àngels Mairal, a Médecins Sans Frontières psychologist, began working with migrants in Yemen in March. Yemen is located along one of the main migration routes for people leaving the Horn of Africa in search of a better life in...Read more...
WTO Chooses New Latin American Chief to Mark a Change in Course:
GENEVA, May 15 (IPS) - Brazilian diplomat Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo was named the new director general of the WTO with broad support from the developing world, beating out his Mexican rival Herminio Blanco, who was backed by...Read more...
Tonight on Criminal Minds: Blake Gets a Surprise (Sneak Peek)
the team head to Detroit to deal with a particularly twisted unsub and Blake has a big personal decision to make after she receives a surprising proposition. There is also good news for fans of Criminal Minds as it was picked...Read more...
Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific Day 2013
Last Friday, I had the fortunate opportunity to attend the Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific day at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. If you didn’t get a chance to check out the coverage via online streaming or...Read more...
The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza
Eyal Weizman, The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza . New York: Verso, 2011. [This review was originally published in the most recent issue of Arab Studies Journal . For more information on...Read more...
Syrian Attacks on Health Care System ‘Terrorising Population’
Syrian refugee children learn to survive at a camp in north Lebanon. Credit: Zak Brophy/IPS. Humanitarian assistance groups in Washington are warning that the health care system has become a deliberate target in the...Read more...
Syrian Attacks on Health Care System ‘Terrorising Population’
Humanitarian assistance groups in Washington are warning that the health care system has become a deliberate target in the increasingly brutal civil war in Syria, presenting major challenges to addressing the humanitarian and...Read more...
Medical care in the line of fire
Written by Peter Maurer , Unni Karunakara Medical care benefits everyone - combatant and non-combatant - and anyone in need should be able to access it. Pakistan is one of only three countries in the world where polio is still...Read more...
Reporting from East Congo: Consequences of a Conflict with No End
Fiona Lloyd-Davies, for the Pulitzer Center February in Eastern Congo—the rainy season. Heat, humidity and mud. The makeshift roads had a bone-shaking familiarity to them. It had been a year since I was last in Eastern Congo....Read more...
Syrian Attacks on Health Care System 'Terrorising Population':
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IPS) - Humanitarian assistance groups in Washington are warning that the health care system has become a deliberate target in the increasingly brutal civil war in Syria, presenting major challenges to...Read more...
nouvelles et analyses humanitaires
2013-05-13 Un service du Bureau de la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires des Nations Unies - Tous les pays - Afrique du Sud Afghanistan Angola Bangladesh Bénin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodge Cameroun Cap vert...Read more...
Gunmen raid South Sudan relief agency bases
South Sudan. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP Unknown gunmen raided the offices of humanitarian agencies in South Sudan’s restive Jonglei State, where the military is battling rebels, officials said on Monday. The rebels are allegedly...Read more...
Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Malaria Deaths
MSF]An upsurge in malaria is likely to have serious consequences for people in Orientale province in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) unless immediate action is taken, warned the international medical organisation Médecins...Read more...
Somalia: Interview – Syria, Somalia are toughest places for aid workers – MSF
Source: Reuters - AlertNet Country: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Myanmar, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Syria, Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Democratic...Read more...
Africa: Global Vaccines Community Must Cut Costs of New Vaccines
Abu Dhabi — MSF calls on GAVI and pharmaceutical companies to extend discounts so more children can be reached On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and General Sheikh Mohamed bin...Read more...
South Sudan soldiers accused of looting
Humanitarian officials have accused South Sudan’s soldiers of looting UN stores and charities in the troubled Jonglei state. ||| Kapoeta, South Sudan - South Sudanese soldiers have looted United Nations stores and charities in...Read more...
Impending Threat of Deadly Malaria and Malnutrition Combination
The number of severely malnourished children expected to be treated in the Sahel region in 2013 amounts to 1.4 million; 1 out of 5 children in Niger. The international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has...Read more...
Ethiopia: Lifesaving Mother and Child Care in the Sidama Mountains
MSF]Aroressa is a beautiful, green mountainous area, with small coffee plantations irrigated by natural waterfalls and streams that meander down the steep slopes of the valleys, with cliffs falling 300 metres and more.Read more...
Crisis Update: Syria
As the devastating conflict continues unabated in Syria, Médecins Sans Frontières is tracking and responding to the emergency medical needs of the thousands of people injured and displaced. By setting up primary health care and...Read more...
The Jewish Experience in Graphic Novels: How to Understand Israel, Jerusalem, Letting It Go, The...
I found these four graphic novels about Jerusalem, Israel, and Jews struggling with their heritage particularly timely reading these past couple of months, particularly as we (as privileged Americans) were shocked and...Read more...
Now a partner, Save the Children CEO used to protest GlaxoSmithKline price policies
Save the Children CEO Justin Forsyth used to protest the price GlaxoSmithKline charged for HIV drugs, but times change and he changed his view, part of why Save the Children entered an agreement Thursday with GSK to help...Read more...
