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Video: Treating malnutrition in Sukkur, Pakistan
Malnutrition has been aggravated by the floods in the north of Sindh province, Pakistan. This video offers a glimpse of the therapeutic feeding facility run by MSF there, the plight of its young patients, and the work of the MSF staff treating them.
New waves of violence cause death and trauma for people in eastern Congo
A violent attack by men armed with hammers is the latest in a series of violent events suffered by people living in the Kivu Provinces of eastern Congo recently.
Pakistan: 'not enough food, not enough water'
Anna Bertmar Khan writes for Channel 4 news about the situation in Pakistan and the people she meets through her work for MSF who have been affected by the floods.
Frontline Reports Podcast: Starved for Attention
In this week's podcast, Kevin Phelan takes us inside MSF’s multimedia campaign Starved for Attention, which aims to push international food aid donors to make their food nutritionally adequate for young children.
Pakistan floods: MSF expands operations in provinces hit by more flooding
MSF is expanding operations to the south of Punjab and in hard-hit Sindh province, where millions of people have been displaced by fresh flooding.
Congo: MSF helps displaced people in isolated Shabunda region of South Kivu
MSF is providing emergency medical care and treatment for cholera to people displaced by clashes between the Congolese army and various armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Suvarna's story: Rehabilitating spinal injuries in Sri Lanka
22-year-old Sri Lankan Suvarna was injured by a shell that exploded five metres from her. Here, she tells her story from Pompamadhu Hospital where she is undergoing rehabilitation in MSF's spinal injuries unit.
Niger: Médecins Sans Frontières responds to a recurring nutritional crisis
Niger is once again facing severe food shortages due to erratic rainfall in 2009. This year, MSF will distribute ready-to-use foods adapted to the needs of young children there, in an effort to protect them from developing severe malnutrition and reduce the risk of mortality.
VIDEO: Taking a community approach to malnutrition in Niger
In Magaria, a town in Niger just steps away from the border with Nigeria, the hospital’s intensive therapeutic feeding centre (ITFC) is nearly overloaded. This video and short report is an account by MSF teams on their work in hunger-stricken Niger.
Intense fighting in Mogadishu: MSF treats 127 wounded in three days
Mogadishu's wounded continued to be brought to Daynile Hospital on 25 August, the third day of intense fighting in Somalia's capital. MSF medical teams have treated 127 casualties since Monday, by far the largest influx of injured people since the beginning of the year.
Health promotion workers join MSF teams to help Pakistan flood victims
MSF's 110 international staff and 1,200 Pakistani staff are joined by health promotion workers, who play a vital role in raising people’s awareness about health risks.
MSF increases response to kala azar outbreak in South Sudan
Due to an alarming increase in the number of patients infected with kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis), MSF has set up an additional base in Pagil in Jonglei State, South Sudan.
VIDEO: Delivering water in Mingora, Pakistan
See how MSF is delivering much-needed clean water in the Swat Valley's largest town, Mingora. MSF is providing medical services, water and emergency provisions to those affected by the flood in Pakistan.
India: MSF aids Mumbai health authorities to tackle sharp malaria increase
Following a sharp increase in malaria cases in Mumbai, MSF is supporting health authorities there in fighting the disease.
Frontline Reports Podcast: Malnutrition crisis in Chad
In Chad, erratic rainfall, failed harvests, soaring food prices and depleted food stocks have left people suffering from malnutrition.
Pakistan floods: People waiting for aid patient despite their plight
MSF is finding that, two weeks after the flood waters mounted, logistical difficulties are still making distributing clean water and hygiene kits very difficult.
Video: Safe water distribution in Pakistan
In Pakistan, MSF is working tirelessly to deliver safe water and emergency provisions to victims of the floods. In this footage, water and sanitation engineer Thomas Batardy talks about how field teams are getting drinkable water to people who need it.
Slideshow: Aid distribution in Pakistan
Mr Irbab Mohssen is hosting an MSF distribution team on his property in Pakistan, one of the few locations in the vicinity that is not covered by flood water. His comments accompany photos by Ton Keone in this short slideshow.
Cholera in Pakistan: Preparing for the worst
MSF teams in flood-hit Pakistan are seeing cases of skin infections, respiratory diseases and acute diarrhoea most frequently. They are also treating people for what they suspect is cholera while they wait for confirmation.
Pakistan floods: 'Suspicion of cholera' in Swat
MSF's Dr Ahmed Mukhtar Amin discusses concerns that cholera could become a major problem in the Swat region of flood-hit Pakistan on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Russia: Emergency response to people affected by wood fires
About 2,000 people have been displaced by intense fires in Russia. MSF has provided humanitarian aid to people living in villages affected by wood fires in Ryazan region, approximately 200 km from Moscow.
Floods in a barren land: Heavy rains hit hunger-stricken Chad
Heavy rainfall and flooding in Chad has washed away seedlings planted recently, threatening to delay harvests and aggravate an ongoing food crisis there.
Pakistan floods: MSF increases emergency aid but worrying gaps remain
As MSF teams in flood-hit Pakistan increase distribution of water and emergency kits, there are concerns about the amount of aid reaching communities in need.
MSF teams treat victims of violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan
Although the situation remains tense in Southern Kyrgyzstan, MSF teams are providing medical care and assistance to victims of violence in the cities of Osh, Jalal-Abad and Bazar-Korgon, and running mobile clinics in areas where people are still too afraid to venture out of their communities.
MSF responds to flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir
Heavy rainfall in the Kashmir region has resulted in destructive flash floods. MSF is now providing urgently needed medical and humanitarian assistance to people in the worst affected villages.
Frontline Reports Podcast: Assisting flood victims in Pakistan
MSF is responding to severe flooding in Pakistan that has affected an estimated 16 million people. The situation is still unpredictable, as waters recede in some places but spread to others. In this week's Frontline Report Podcast, Melissa Pracht brings us stories about MSF's efforts in Pakistan.
MSF is shocked by killing of IAM medical team in Afghanistan
MSF statement on the killing of IAM medical team in Afghanistan.
Pakistan floods: New rise in water levels delays aid effort
As new areas of Pakistan are affected by floods, those initially affected see waters rise again. Continuous and heavy rains are impeding humanitarian and medical aid.
PHOTO GALLERY: Pakistan floods
Gallery of photos showing the effects of the flooding and how MSF is helping those affected.
Reaching isolated flood-affected communities by helicopter in Pakistan
Helicopter assessments are helping MSF teams in Pakistan understand flood-affected people's needs, while medical work and water provision continue to grow.
Pakistan floods: “We are far from having a complete picture of people’s needs”
Dr Awais Yaqub, a Pakistani doctor and an MSF deputy medical coordinator in Pakistan, talks about MSF's priorities and activities in the flood-hit country as the risk of disease outbreak mounts and many regions remain inaccessible.
MSF extends services to help more flood-affected communities
MSF is expanding its operations in Pakistan to provide 20,000 families with hygiene kits and 100,000 people with clean water in addition to urgent medical services.
Pakistan floods: Benoit de Gryse on the challenges to MSF's work
Benoit de Gryse, an MSF head of mission in Pakistan, spoke to BBC Radio 4 on 4th August 2010 about the current challenges to MSF's work there.
PHOTO GALLERY: Latest photos of the flooding in Pakistan (from Reuters)
A gallery of the latest photos of the deadly floods in Pakistan.
Pakistan floods: MSF increases emergency work in flood-affected areas
MSF is expanding emergency aid in flood-hit Pakistan, distributing hygiene kits and supporting clinics and hospitals and rpoviding safe water in affected areas.
PODCAST: Rehabilitating spinal injuries in Sri Lanka
MSF runs a rehabilitation programme for people with spinal injuries at Pompamadou hospital, Vavunya, Sri Lanka. Two participants tell Pete Masters their amazing stories.
Pakistan floods: MSF begins emergency medical response
The flooding in Pakistan has caused widespread destruction to houses and infrastructure, directly affecting an estimated one million people and killing one thousand more. MSF has started emergency medical work.
PHOTO GALLERY: Severe flooding in Pakistan (from Reuters)
Recent heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s north-western region has directly affected 400 000 people and caused widespread destruction to houses and infrastructure.
Pakistan: Severe floods affect over 400 000
Brice De La Vigne, MSF operations coordinator: "It is a major emergency - there are pockets of people completely out of reach". MSF is currently opening drinking water centres in the Swat Valley.
MSF forced to suspend life-saving work in part of South Sudan
Following security incidents in one of its remote clinics, MSF has been forced to suspend all activities in Gumuruk, Jonglei State, Southern Sudan.
VIDEO: A new model for getting HIV treatment in Mozambique
Scaling-up antiretroviral treatment in countries with a high AIDS burden and human resource shortages: how can health systems react to such challenges? An MSF team in Mozambique's rural Tete province launched a pilot project that addresses this crucial question.
VIDEO: Month in Focus July 2010
Video update on MSF activities including reports on MSF's work in Haiti, Kyrgyzstan and the Sahel (Niger).
PODCAST: Violence in Kyrgyzstan
In this week's Frontline Reports Podcast, Phillipe Latour reports from Kyrgyzstan where MSF teams are responding to the needs of people affected by violent clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities.
"In all this talk.... the patient gets lost" - International AIDS Conference
Cost-saving debates at International AIDS conference loses focus on what is most efficient for patients, neglects need to bring drug costs down
PODCAST: "It could be my daughter"
Dr Atim Hamza started with MSF as national staff in Uganda, his home country. Here, he explains how he came to work with us and, despite the sacrifices he has to make, why he continues.
Congo: MSF continues to support treatment of victims of fuel tanker explosion
MSF is treating burn victims in South Kivu province after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded killing 269 earlier this month.
Invisible | Starved for Attention video
Stephanie Sinclair's film "Invisible" profiles an MSF nutrition program in India and highlights the problems of spotting malnutrition in a chronically undernourished population.
The Malnutrition That Shouldn't Be | Starved for Attention video
As part of the Starved for Attention campaign, Franco Pagetti's film "The Malnutrition that Shouldn't Be" reveals the daily struggle to survive in Congo's North Kivu region, where conflict is making food fatally scarce.
Donors gambling with patients’ lives - International AIDS Conference
International donors are disregarding scientific evidence on the benefits of earlier and expanded treatment. They do so at the expense of the ten million people in need of treatment in order to achieve short-term cost savings, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) at the International AIDS Conference on Monday.
Haiti: MSF distributes tents after storm destroys shelters in camp
On Monday afternoon, a storm hit a camp in Coraille, north of Port au Prince, where more than 7 000 people are living, destroying almost one third of the tents.
Pakistan: Bomb blast in Swat District leaves 5 dead and 58 wounded
Following an explosion at midday in Mingora, the main city of Swat district in Khyber Pathkunkhwa province, doctors and medical staff from MSF and Pakistan’s Ministry of Health treated 58 injured people, some of whom were seriously wounded.
Haiti: Where your money went?
Following the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12th January, MSF was overwhelmed by the generosity of people around the world who gave so generously to support our emergency work. By the end of May, MSF had received already spent 58 per cent of these funds – some 53 million euros.
Afghanistan: Improving paediatric care in Boost Hospital, Helmand
MSF has been supporting Boost Hospital, on the outskirts of Helmand’s provincial capital, Lashkargah, since November 2009. In recent months, as many as 300 new patients have been seen every week, almost half of whom are children.
“No weapons, no fees”: MSF in Afghanistan
An overview of MSF's projects in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Reinforcing emergency healthcare in Helmand
Helmand’s one million inhabitants continue to suffer from the effects of the ongoing conflict between coalition and Afghan government forces and opposition groups. MSF has been supporting activities in Boost Hospital in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, since November 2009, where the need for emergency medical assistance remains acute.
Haiti six months on: MSF report on emergency earthquake response
Six months after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières today publishes a report describing its largest ever emergency response.
MSF Helps Victims of Fuel Tanker Disaster in DRC
30 pence meningitis A vaccine promises hope for 430 million people at risk
“This new vaccine opens up whole new possibilities,” said Dr Cathy Hewison, medical adviser at MSF. “In 2009, MSF vaccinated more than 7 million people for Meningitis A, but until now we have been confined to emergency response, trying to slow and stop epidemics."
Unni Karunakara new international president of Médecins Sans Frontières
During the International Council meeting of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amsterdam this weekend, Dr. Unni Karunakara has been installed as the new International President of the medical humanitarian organisation.
Frontline Report podcast: TB in Swaziland
Nurse Jo Hutchinson explains how MSF is using innovative methods of treating the deadly dual HIV/TB epidemic in Swaziland.
MSF hands over last hospitals to Ministry of Health after 20 years in Liberia
London/Monrovia, Friday 25 June 2010: Today, after 20 years of emergency medical aid in Liberia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially stops running its final hospitals and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare takes responsibility for these services.
Audio Slideshow: We couldn't just sit by: 20 years in Liberia
Liberian staff from Médecins Sans Frontières chronicle 20 years of emergency aid in Africa’s oldest republic.
MSF increases its medical and humanitarian support in Kyrgyzstan
The situation is still very tense in Osh and Jalal-Abad, , where violent clashes have killed hundreds. MSF teams are providing medical care to the victims and displaced.
Afghanistan: Boost hospital treats 24 patients following bomb blasts
MSF staff worked with local hospital staff at Boost hospital, Helmand province, to treat 24 wounded after four explosions occurred in the city centre on Sunday morning.
PRESS RELEASE: Call to G8 to reform food aid system
World leaders meeting at the G8 and G20 summits will not succeed in improving mother and child health in the developing world unless they fundamentally change how they address malnutrition and establish new sustainable funding sources to combat this treatable and preventable condition, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today
Somalia: MSF resumes activities in Hawa Abdi following security incident
“The armed groups that occupied the clinic have left the hospital and our medical staff are treating patients once again,” explains MSF head of mission, David Querol.
INTERVIEW with Lauren Cooney: Lead poisoning in Nigeria
Interview Lauren Cooney, emergency manager with MSF, currently in the north of Nigeria supporting MSF’s response to acute lead poisoning in Zamfara state.
Lead poisoned children in Nigeria requiring immediate treatment
MSF and Nigerian health authorities have started treating 50 children with lead poisoning. The contamination could affect as many as 10,000 people in six villages.
MSF starts assistance to victims of violence in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
MSF teams are arriving on both sides of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to provide emergency assistance to those affected by the violence.
PRESS RELEASE: Nutrition crisis in Chad
The Sahelian belt of Chad faces one of its worst nutrition crises in recent years. MSF is calling for a faster and larger deployment of humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of the most vulnerable, particularly children under 5.
Somalia: MSF opens new TB facilities in Middle Shabelle region
On 5th June 2010, MSF opened new tuberculosis (TB) departments in two of its health centres in Middle Shabelle Region, Somalia. The departments will provide free, quality TB services, including testing, treatment and health education to the communities living in the surrounding areas of Mahaday and Gololey.
Guatemala: volcanic eruption and tropical storm cause havoc
First it was lava, rocks and sand that fell from the sky. Then came the rain. Guatemalans had little time to recover as two natural disasters slammed into the country.
Haiti: Tackling anxiety in displaced people through psychosocial support
The daily lives of displaced people in Camp Pétionville Golf Club create a new source of anxiety. The team of MSF psychologist are trying to tackle this problem through group counselling and psychosocial support.
Haiti: Interview with an MSF psychiatrist who leads an MSF mental health team
Dr. Maryvonne Bargues is an MSF psychiatrist. She leads MSF mental health team, working at Saint-Louis hospital in Port-au-Prince.She explains how, four months on, people are still feeling the earthquake's psychological aftershocks.
Southern Africa: Measles epidemic in Malawi is now a regional emergency
Malawi faces its biggest measles epidemic in 13 years. MSF has launched vaccination campaigns for more than 2.5 million children, but more international effort is needed.
PHOTO GALLERY: On the vaccination trail in Malawi
Since February, Malawi has faced its biggest measles epidemic in 13 years, and the entire southern African region is affected. MSF teams have launched vaccination campaigns for more than 2.5 million children.
Somalia: MSF supports displaced population after recent floods in Belet Weyne
MSF teams respond rapidly when floods in Belet Weyne, Somalia, displaced over 10,000 people from the town. Conditions are not critical, but MSF will continue to monitor the situation.
Somalia: MSF treats wounded amid vaccination campaign in Guri-el
At the end of April, MSF launched a vaccination campaign in Guri-el and its surroundings. But following recent clashes in Somalia’s Galgaduud region, MSF is also treating wounded patients in Istarlin hospital.
Overcoming malnutrition: the time to act is now
Malnutrition plays a huge role in childhood mortality. Unfortunately, most current food aid programmes for developing countries rely almost exclusively on substandard foods. International donors must end this double standard. Nutrient-rich foods must be at the centre of their efforts to tackle childhood malnutrition.
PRESS RELEASE: "Starved for Attention", a radical new vision of malnutrition
MSF and VII Photo launch a global multimedia campaign on childhood malnutrition, a crisis which affects 195 million children worldwide. Read the MSF Report.
The World Health Assembly: A step forward in the fight against Chagas
The resolution stressed key issues, such treatment and diagnosis at primary healthcare level, improving access to existing treatments, and promoting R&D.
PRESS RELEASE: Donor retreat widens HIV/AIDS treatment gap in Africa
In a new report, MSF warns that now is "No time to quit" on HIV/AIDS funding. Backtracking by international donors will cause unecessary deaths.
VIDEO: No time to quit on HIV/AIDS funding
Backtracking by international donors in HIV/AIDS funding risks undermining years of positive achievements and will cause many more unnecessary deaths, warns MSF in its latest report.
Haiti: MSF activity update, from May 2010
VIDEO: Somalia eye camp gives thousands back their sight
In northern Somalia, many suffer from blindness. MSF has successfully completed a special "eye camp" in Galcayo. During their ten day visit, Dr. Dalmar and his team screened and treated over 3000 people, and performed 626 operations.
Haiti: Time passes but medical needs persist
Four months after Haiti's devastating earthquake, MSF continues to adjust its activities to meet the changing - still major - medical needs.
Photo Gallery: treating Chagas disease in a conflict zone
In 2009, MSF started providing Chagas screening and treatment in Arauca, a conflict-affected region in Colombia. In April 2010, MSF celebrated its first success.
North East Congo: many challenges still remain
The areas of Haut-Uélé and Bas-Uélé in the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been prey to violence and armed conflict since late 2008. Pierre Kernen, who coordinated MSF’s activities in Niangara between August 2009 and April 2010, describes the situation for the people in the region and the challenges to humanitarian aid.
Chagas disease: MSF and DNDi call for a more rounded resolution
MSF and DNDi stress the importance of Chagas diagnosis and treatment. The resolution to be adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a step in the right direction but only focuses on prevention.
Chagas: Fighting a silent disease in Colombia
In 2009, MSF started Chagas screening and treatment in Colombia. In April 2010, all 11 children diagnosed with Chagas in Genareros have completed their treatment.
VIDEO: Appalling conditions for migrants entering and living in South Africa
This video gives us an insight into the lives of Zimbabwean migrants entering and living in South Africa. They continue to be the victims of rape, attack, police harrassment, appalling living conditions and a lack of essential healthcare.
South Africa: Rapes, attacks and appalling conditions for migrants and refugees
MSF expresses grave concern for the thousands of migrants and refugees in South Africa. These vulnerable people continue to suffer sexual violence, harassment, appalling living conditions and a lack of access to essential healthcare.
Somalia: MSF calls for respect for neutrality of medical facilities
On 5th May 2010 a private dispute escalated into a violent clash in the area surrounding Hawa Abdi clinic in Somalia. This triggered the occupation of the medical premises and a number of MSF non-medical staff are still being detained. MSF had to evacuate its patients and suspend its activities.
Global vaccine drive facing acute crisis - New report explains why
In a new report published today, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Oxfam International warn that the global approach to ensure that children in the poorest countries receive life-saving vaccines is hampered by high prices and is now facing an acute funding crisis.
VIDEO: Inside the inflatable hospital in Haiti
John Pratt, locum doctor from Swansea is currently working for MSF in the inflatable hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti. Here he shows us around the hospital and talks about the kind of work MSF is doing.
SLIDESHOW: Positive changes in Colombia
Two nurses working in the maternity ward at the San Francisco de Asis Hospital explain the positive changes the hospital has seen since MSF started working.
Somalia: Fighting forces MSF to suspend activities in Hawa Abdi clinic
On the 5th May 2010 the medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to temporarily suspend its activities in Hawa Abdi clinic, after a security incident not related to MSF’s activities degenerated into a major clash.
Sierra Leone: Improving healthcare for women and children
On the 27th of April 2010, the Sierra Leone government will start implementing a policy of free healthcare for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children under five. MSF welcomes the government’s commitment to the new policy and hopes that this will improve the access to healthcare for these vulnerable groups.
Victory for access to medicine as Valganciclovir patent rejected in India
International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomes the decision by the Indian Patent Office to reject the product patent it had previously granted to pharmaceutical company Roche for the drug valganciclovir.

MSF Logistique, a non profit-making association (under french 1901 law), is one of the supply centres for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) MSF Logistique supplies MSF missions with medication and equipment for ongoing programs and emergency actions (displaced populations, epidemics, natural disasters, war zones, ...)

MSF Logistique handles all the roles in the supply chain, from purchases to goods transportation, and can also offer services linked to its activity. MSF Logistique is approved as a pharmaceutical establishment and bonded warehouse.

MSF Logistique recruits : Visit the recruitment area to know the current vacant position and also to send us spontaneous applications and requests for training course.

Extension project of MSF Logistique : With the evolution of demand, MSF Logistique must make evolve its structure in order to put its means in adequacy with the international request. Within this framework, a project of extension of the storage surface has been initiated for a few years.

Openning of the new MSF Logistique website : The MSF Logistique website makes new skin ! Having several platforms of access, it makes possible to any user (public or professional) to find information needed at any time.

“The letter” (July 2010) is published …