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# medecins sans frontieres

This year
2023
Voices
Doctor on the front line in Sudan: 'Even ambulances are being turned back'
MSF’s country representative in Sudan, Dr Ghazali Babiker outlines the major challenges he and his teams face in Sudan as fighting rages.
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Apr 20th 2023, 6:30 PM
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# Lebanon
Beaches, black marketeers and migrant millionaires - the tragedy of Beirut
Reporter Niall O’Connor visited Beirut this week to see the crisis hit Lebanese capital two years after a massive explosion ripped through its streets.
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Jun 4th 2022, 8:00 PM
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# Nauru
Mental health of migrants detained under Australian 'offshore processing policy' equivalent to 'victims of torture'
Médecins Sans Frontières said the mental health of migrants on Nauru is the worst it has seen.
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Dec 3rd 2018, 10:57 PM
# medecins sans frontieres
Now international aid organisation MSF says it had to sack 19 people for harassment last year
A scandal over sexual abuse in the foreign aid industry that began with Oxfam is now spreading.
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Feb 15th 2018, 7:19 AM
# Myanmar
Rohingya crisis: 6,700 people, including 730 children under 5, killed in space of one month
More than 59% of the children who were killed under the age of five were reportedly shot.
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Dec 14th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Mediterranean Sea
Two humanitarian groups suspend migrant rescues due to threats from Libya
Germany-based Sea-Eye said it made the decision to halt its water rescues “with a heavy heart,” but for the sake of its crew’s safety.
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Aug 13th 2017, 6:30 PM
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Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'
The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.
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Jul 9th 2017, 3:00 PM
# Syria
Airstrikes or minefields: The deadly choice facing Raqqa’s 300,000 residents
US-backed forces are advancing on Raqqa – a stronghold of the so-called Islamic State.
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Jun 11th 2017, 6:30 AM
# medecins sans frontieres
Three-year-old girl shot in escalating Central African Republic violence
“What was already one of the most acute humanitarian crises in the world is worsening,” one MSF official said.
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Apr 17th 2017, 6:29 AM
# Boko Haram
Children are disappearing and starving to death in northeastern Nigeria
It’s now feared that studies which showed a drop in the number of Nigerian children at risk is actually caused by children disappearing.
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Nov 15th 2016, 12:43 PM
# besieged
Aleppo has eight hospitals - four have been bombed in the last five days
One of them twice.
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Oct 5th 2016, 10:40 AM
# migrant crisis
'Normal birth in dangerously abnormal conditions': Baby born on rescue vessel in international waters
The baby boy’s mother said she was having contractions for three days on a rubber boat.
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Sep 12th 2016, 10:01 PM
# Mediterranean
Newborn twins among 3,000 rescued from rubber boats at sea
Nearly 6,500 people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.
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Aug 31st 2016, 12:19 PM
# baby nubia
This beautiful shot is our image of the day
Nubia is MSF’s last-known Ebola patient in Conakry, Guinea.
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Nov 13th 2015, 3:45 PM
# Afghanistan
Charity review finds US attack on MSF hospital "conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy”
At least 30 people were killed, including 13 staff members, 10 patients and seven unrecognisable bodies yet to be identified.
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Nov 8th 2015, 7:45 AM
# good eggs
Google is doing its bit to help ease the migrant crisis today
The search behemoth has included something a little different on its main page this morning.
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Sep 16th 2015, 10:52 AM
# Conflict
Bombed, embargoed, displaced - life inside war-torn Yemen
Over a million Yemenis have been displaced as a result of ongoing conflict.
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Jul 18th 2015, 10:00 PM
# making a difference
Shortlist for Tipperary International Peace Award announced
Those shortlisted include Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental, Médecins Sans Frontiéres and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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Jan 3rd 2015, 9:15 AM
# Recovery
Baby girl survives Ebola 'against all the odds'
Despite these positive stories, Doctors Without Borders said the outbreak is far from over.
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Nov 22nd 2014, 9:00 AM
# West Africa
Will clinical trials for Ebola treatment stop its deadly spread?
Drug and blood-based trials will begin in West Africa next month.
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Nov 14th 2014, 11:13 AM
# Liberia
'When my son's test for Ebola came back positive, it was a night of agony for me'
16-year-old Kollie James has become Médecins Sans Frontières’ 1,000th Ebola survivor.
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Oct 23rd 2014, 7:15 AM
# line of fire
'Stop bombing trapped civilians' - Doctors' plea as five are killed in Gaza hospital
Nine members of the same family were killed in an earlier air-strike.
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Jul 21st 2014, 2:20 PM
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Opinion: I felt helpless. The child needed hospital treatment, but I could only give some medicine
Dr Natalie Robers describes her time in Central African Republic where small children of six or seven carry machetes and villages live in fear.
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May 9th 2014, 1:00 PM
# Syria
Concerns for five aid workers taken away in Syria
The Medecins sans Frontieres members have not been heard from since Thursday evening. Meanwhile, Aleppo is gripped by fighting.
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Jan 4th 2014, 9:24 AM
Voices
Column: What's happening in the Central African Republic?
Horrific reports of violence have poured out of the Central African Republic this week – with summary executions and mass displacement terrifying civilian communities, writes MSF Director Jane-Ann McKenna.
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Nov 29th 2013, 7:30 PM
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Column: “Being caught with patients is like being caught with a weapon”
The Syrian people are now presented with the absurd situation of weapons inspectors freely driving through areas of desperate need – while the ambulances, food and drug supplies organised by humanitarian organisations are blocked.
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Nov 2nd 2013, 12:00 PM
# medecins sans frontieres
Médecins Sans Frontières closes centres in Somalia after attacks on staff
After 22 years of work, MSF blames civilians leaders’ tolerance of these abuses.
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Aug 14th 2013, 1:21 PM
# Syria
Video: Life and death in a makeshift Syrian hospital
A video from Médecins Sans Frontières, which has five fully-functioning makeshift hospitals in Syria, gives an insight into the work it does in the country.
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Jul 25th 2013, 7:15 AM
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Column: For women giving birth in a war zone, I was more than just a midwife
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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Apr 25th 2013, 7:30 PM
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Column: 'Sleeping sickness' is devastating small African communities – I need to show them they're not forgotten
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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Mar 27th 2013, 1:00 PM
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Column: ‘Working from a cave in Syria we did over 100 operations’
Paul McMaster, a surgeon experienced in working in war zones, says Syria was a “more oppressive type of danger”.
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Nov 25th 2012, 1:10 PM
# EBOLA
Uganda: "Lots of people don't really understand what Ebola is"
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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Aug 4th 2012, 2:02 PM
# South Sudan
'This situation is entirely preventable': Death and desperation in South Sudan
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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Jul 9th 2012, 6:45 AM
Voices
Column: How does St Patrick’s Day translate in the heart of Africa?
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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Mar 17th 2012, 6:00 PM
# Syria
"They tied a detonator to my hand": Stories from inside Syria
Torture, killings and forced amputations: three people injured by Assad’s security forces reveal their horrific experiences.
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Feb 12th 2012, 8:15 AM
# Libya
MSF, Amnesty accuse Libyan authorities of torture
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders is suspending its operations at Misrata detention centres over the claims.
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Jan 27th 2012, 8:44 AM
# Haiti
Half a million people still living in camps in Haiti
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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Jan 12th 2012, 1:54 PM
# Somalia
MSF "deeply shocked" by staff killings
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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Dec 30th 2011, 11:40 AM
# Somalia
Two Doctors Without Borders staff "shot by fellow employee"
The incident involved a disgruntled former employee and took place in the Somali capital of Mogadishu today.
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Dec 29th 2011, 5:44 PM
Voices
Column: My Christmas in a Haitian hospital
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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Dec 25th 2011, 3:30 PM
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