# medecins-sans-frontieres - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Tens of thousands have died in the ongoing, bloody conflict in Syria to date – and those who remain live under constant threat of violence. Midwife Cathy Janssens writes about trying to bring new life into the world in such unstable circumstances.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Barrie Rooney, a biomedical analyst from Co Leitrim, explains what motivates her to travel to remote areas of Africa to treat patients suffering from sleeping sickness – and how her Irish culture helps her connect with the people she helps.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Sunday 25 November, 2012
Paul McMaster, a surgeon experienced in working in war zones, says Syria was a “more oppressive type of danger”.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Saturday 4 August, 2012
What is it like to be on the frontline of fighting the Ugandan Ebola outbreak? A Médecins Sans Frontières emergency coordinator explains.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Monday 9 July, 2012
As South Sudan marks a year of independence, Medecins Sans Frontieres is calling for urgent intervention as one refugee camp in a wholly unsuitable area is overwhelmed with new arrivals and dreadful conditions.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Saturday 17 March, 2012
Oliver McGrath will be spending our national day with his MSF colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo. How different will it be?
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Sunday 12 February, 2012
Torture, killings and forced amputations: three people injured by Assad’s security forces reveal their horrific experiences.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Friday 27 January, 2012
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders is suspending its operations at Misrata detention centres over the claims.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Thursday 12 January, 2012
Plan Ireland’s report on Haiti two years after earthquake reveals major challenges as other NGOs also note scale of work required for country to recover will need international investment.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Friday 30 December, 2011
The staff members were killed in Mogadishu yesterday. MSF has said today that some staff members are to be relocated from the compound there for security reasons.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Thursday 29 December, 2011
The incident involved a disgruntled former employee and took place in the Somali capital of Mogadishu today.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Sunday 25 December, 2011
Kilkenny man Richard Delaney will be dressing up as Santa this year – in an under-construction hospital in Port-au-Prince. He writes about his experiences.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Friday 14 October, 2011
The MSF employees were kidnapped from the world’s largest refugee camp in Kenya by gunmen believed to be part of Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group.
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World Food Day takes place on 16 October and Médecin Sans Frontières is appealing to countries to ensure they provide nutritious food aid to malnourished children.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Thursday 6 October, 2011
The CIA’s fake vaccination programme in the Pakistani town where bin Laden was found and killed in May has caused many problems in its aftermath.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Tuesday 23 August, 2011
As many as 600 people, including medical humanitarian workers, are presumed dead after tribal clashes. Raiders targeted an MSF compound and clinic, looting medical equipment, drugs and other valuable items.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Friday 6 May, 2011
Thousands of migrants have arrived on the small island of Lampedusa, where they face conditions that one agency describes as “wholly inadequate”.
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# medecins-sans-frontieres - Friday 25 March, 2011
Medecin Sans Frontieres staff providing treatment despite difficulties including lack of supplies, resources and threats of violence, while Concern steps up its work in Liberia after refugees pour in from the Ivory Coast.
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