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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in nearly 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

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MSF Treats Wounded Following Fighting in Darfur Displaced-Persons Camp

Sudan 2006 © Kadir van Lohuizen / Noor

MSF teams evacuated 49 patients wounded in armed clashes in Kalma camp, one of the largest internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Darfur, Sudan. The camp shelters more than 90,000 IDPs.

© Anthony Jacopucci/MSF

Symposium

Starved for Attention: The Neglected Crisis of Malnutrition

On September 11-12, 2008, MSF and Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition will convene a meeting of leading organizations and experts to examine how international nutrition and food aid programming can more effectively address the crisis of malnutrition.

© Miguel Cuenca

Field News

MSF Teams Reach Flood-Affected Areas in Bihar State, India

Two MSF teams have begun providing medical care to flood victims in the northeastern Indian state of Bihar, where it has also started conducting the first emergency relief distributions in various locations and displaced camps.

© Michael G.Nielsen

Field News

Children Living with HIV Deserve Fair Treatment

Treating children and adolescents living with HIV effectively in resource-limited settings is possible, but adapted medicines, diagnostic tools, and treatment strategies are urgently needed to prevent more deaths, according to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

© Francesco Zizola

Field News

Southern Ethiopia: Tragedies and Small Miracles

Confronted by rapidly escalating numbers of severely malnourished patients in southern Ethiopia, MSF has set up 51 ambulatory nutrition centers and five hospitalization centers. More than 20,000 patients with severe acute malnutrition have been admitted to the program.
Field News

Georgia: MSF Assists Displaced People in Tbilisi

© Brigitte Breuillac

In Tbilisi, MSF emergency teams are providing medical aid to those who have fled the fighting. Staff are now seeing patients with chronic illnesses who need to keep up their treatments and those who have been psychologically affected by the fighting.

Press Release

Thailand Returns Hundreds of Hmong Refugees to Laos

© Greg Constantine

An estimated 800 ethnic Lao Hmong refugees were forcibly returned to Laos by the Thai government on June 22. MSF calls for immediate halt to forced repatriations and access to returnees.

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