Doctors Without Borders

Airstrike Hits Aid Group's Hospital in Northern Yemen

Monday, August 15, 2016

An airstrike hit a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in northern Yemen on Monday, the international aid group said. Yemeni security and medical officialssiad the strike killed and wounded some 20 of the hospital's staff and patients.

Hospital Aided by Doctors Without Borders Is Bombed in Yemen

Monday, January 11, 2016

A hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders was struck by ordnance early Sunday, killing at least four people. At least 10 people were wounded in the latest attack, including three staff members.

War Is Destroying Yemen's Medical System When The Country Needs It Most

Friday, December 11, 2015

In Yemen, bombs slammed into a tented clinic where Doctors Without Borders was treating people displaced by war in the city of Taiz, wounding nine people, including two clinic staff. The main hospital in the city was hit by rockets in November.

Doctors Without Borders Hospital Raided in Afghanistan

Friday, July 3, 2015

Afghan military commandos raided and searched a Doctors Without Borders’ hospital in the north of the country, firing several shots in the air and threatening the staff, the humanitarian group said.

How Doctors See the Syrian Civil War

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

As if you didn’t already think Doctors Without Borders had its hands full with the Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa, the organization recently released a series of videos and photographs covering the group’s work in and around Syria. The series, “The Reach of War: A Day in the Life of the Syrian Conflict,” offers a glimpse into the activities that the organization conducts on a daily basis to aid refugees and the war-wounded in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan.

Medical Crisis in Gaza: Scared Doctors, Crowded Wards and Traumatized Patients

Sunday, August 3, 2014

More than three weeks of conflict between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza have left over 1,700 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead, while Gaza's Ministry of Health says more than 9,000 Palestinians are wounded. Gaza's hospitals are struggling to cope with the large number of casualties.

Fear of Ebola Breeds a Terror of Physicians

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Health workers here say they are now battling two enemies: the unprecedented Ebola epidemic, which has killed more than 660 people in four countries since it was first detected in March, and fear, which has produced growing hostility toward outside help. Workers and officials, blamed by panicked populations for spreading the virus, have been threatened with knives, stones and machetes, their vehicles sometimes surrounded by hostile mobs. Log barriers across narrow dirt roads block medical teams from reaching villages where the virus is suspected.

Rebel Attack in Central African Republic Kills at Least 22

Sunday, April 27, 2014

At least 22 people, including 15 local chiefs and three members of staff of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, were killed in an attack on Nanga Boguila, a town about 280 miles north of the capital Bangui, officials said on Sunday. Some 2,000 French and over 5,000 African peacekeepers are struggling to halt waves of violence that have gripped the country over the last 18 months. Gilles Xavier Nguembassa, a former member of parliament for the area, said four people were killed as the assailants approached the town but most died when Seleka rebels went to an Doctors Without Borders-run health clinic in search of money.

Health care under Fire

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Francoise Duroch of Médecins sans frontières describes how conflict and violence disrupt health care and how medical workers find themselves the direct targets of violence. She talks about how the stigma attached to sexual violence prevents victims seeking support.

How Midwives Have Become Critical in War Zones

Thursday, July 25, 2013

In a conflict zone, getting the basics — food, water, shelter — is a constant challenge. And it likely involves being on the move. Now imagine pregnancy. There might not be a functioning medical facility for miles. And the environment makes the woman and her baby more susceptible to complications.

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